92nd General Assembly
Summary of SR0543
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Senate Sponsors:
ROSKAM.

Short description: 
IL SUPREME COURT-TESTIMONY                                                 

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt a rule relating to  the      
   evaluation  by  the  court  and  jury  of  accomplice and incarcerated      
   informant testimony in capital cases.                                       
        SENATE AMENDMENT No. 1.                                                
        Deletes references to an accomplice. Provides that "incarcerated       
   informant" means a witness whose entire knowledge of the crime stems        
   solely from information obtained from another incarcerated person,          
   while incarcerated contemporaneously with the witness.                      
 
Last action on Bill: RESOLUTION ADOPTED AS AMENDED

   Last action date: DEC-05-2002

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   1


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