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720 ILCS 5/1-1

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(720 ILCS 5/1-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-1)
    Sec. 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code of 2012.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)

    
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Cited in 107 cases (26 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: People v. Hardman
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People v. Hardman (2017) ill “2d 559 (relying on the Criminal Code of 1961 ( 720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 2008))). Courts look to the definition of "school" contained within the Criminal Code of 2012 (Criminal Code), which provides that a school "means a public, private, or parochial elementary or secondary…”
People v. Ward (2005) ill “Various sections of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 2002)) also seek to protect children.”
People v. Sypien (2001) ill · cites it 2× “The legislation in Public Act 90-456, styled as an act "in relation to criminal law," amended, among other statutes, the disorderly conduct provision of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 1998)). Charged with disorderly conduct under the amended…”
People v. Williams (2009) illappct · cites it 3× “Therefore, after reviewing the facts, we find that Williams was a public employee because (1) she was authorized to perform official functions (dispatched information for the Glenwood police department), and (2) she was paid by Glenwood, a municipality of the State.”
People v. Malchow (2000) ill “(West 1994)), the Medical Practice Act of 1987 (225 ILCS 60/1 et seq.”
Kucinsky v. Pfister (2020) illappct “2d at 313 (holding Illinois’s sovereign immunity was not applicable where plaintiff alleged the criminal offense of disorderly conduct because the duty not to make false accusations of criminal conduct is imposed by the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 1998)))…”
People v. Clifton (2019) illappct “We are mindful that the cross-reference in the Criminal Code of 2012 (Criminal Code) (720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 2012)) to the hyper technical definitions of “firearm” in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (FOID Card Act) (430 ILCS 65/0.”
People v. Comage (2011) ill “See 720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 2008). It is well established that if a term is not specifically defined in a statute indicating a contrary legislative intent, the term must be given its ordinary and popularly understood meaning.”
People v. Salas (2011) illappct “Because of his age and the nature of his offense, defendant's case was automatically transferred to adult criminal court pursuant to the automatic transfer statute (705 ILCS 405/5-130 (West 2008)), which provides, in pertinent part, that 15- and 16-year-old defendants charged…”
People v. Reid (1997) ill “The Domestic Violence Act does not in any way purport to affect the interpretation of the phrase "of another" as used in the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 1994)). Unless and until the legislature indicates that the Act is meant to supersede the plain import…”
People v. Cervantes (1999) ill “Article 15, entitled "Gangs," amended the Criminal Code (720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 1992)) to increase the sentence for intimidation, communicating with jurors and witnesses, and harassment of jurors and witnesses.”
Brandon v. Bonell (2006) illappct “For example, when an employee in the course of his employment breaches a duty imposed by the Illinois Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 2004)), he has breached an independent duty and is not protected by sovereign immunity.”
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