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720 ILCS 5/2-5 (2026)

"Conviction"

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(720 ILCS 5/2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-5)
    Sec. 2-5. "Conviction". "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a verdict or finding of guilty of an offense, rendered by a legally constituted jury or by a court of competent jurisdiction authorized to try the case without a jury. If judgment is withheld, the plea, verdict, or finding of guilty is not a conviction under Illinois law unless and until judgment is entered.
(Source: P.A. 103-702, eff. 1-1-25.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: People v. Kliner, 705 N.E.2d 850 (Ill. 1998).
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People v. Kliner, 705 N.E.2d 850 (Ill. 1998). “" 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 1996); 730 ILCS 5/5-1-5 (West 1996).”
People v. Salem, 2016 IL App (3d) 120390 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “Both section 2-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961, defining a conviction (720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2010)), and section 102-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, defining a judgment (725 ILCS 5/102-14 (West 2010)), must be considered together to resolve this issue.”
People v. Clark, 2019 IL 122891 (Ill. 2019). “) 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2014). The word “judgment,” in turn, is defined as “an adjudication by the court that the defendant is guilty or not guilty and if the adjudication is that the defendant is guilty it includes the sentence pronounced by the court.”
People v. Clark, 2019 IL 122891 (Ill. 2019). “) 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2014). The word “judgment,” in turn, is defined as “an adjudication by the court that the defendant is guilty or not guilty and if the adjudication is that the defendant is guilty it includes the sentence pronounced by the court.”
People v. Wallace, 2023 IL App (1st) 200917 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “” 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2018). 13 No. 1-20-0917 ILCS 5/2-8 (West 2018).”
People v. Patterson, 2018 IL App (1st) 160610 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “" 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2006). The plain language of the AHC statute does not contain any limiting language regarding the sequence or separate entry of the predicate convictions.”
People v. Lemons, 729 N.E.2d 489 (Ill. 2000). “" 730 ILCS 5/5-1-5 (West 1996); 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 1996). In Robinson , this court stated that for the purpose of determining the 10-year period, "the date of a conviction is the date of entry of the sentencing order.”
People v. Palmer, 806 N.E.2d 734 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “Because defendant here was found guilty on eight counts, but never sentenced except pursuant to the habitual criminal statute, the State argues that the term "convictions" cannot apply to the present offenses. We disagree. The term "conviction" is defined as "a judgment of…”
Walton v. The Illinois State Police, 2015 IL App (4th) 141055 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “" Under Illinois law, section 2-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2014)) and section 5-1-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-1-5 (West 2014)) both define "conviction" as "a judgment of conviction or sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon…”
People v. Green, 2024 IL App (1st) 231167 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “Except for the specific provisions governing whether orders of supervision or qualified probation are convictions, this definition is identical to the one provided by the Criminal Code of 2012 (see 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2022)) and the Unified Code of Corrections (see 730 ILCS…”
People v. Wallace, 2023 IL App (1st) 200917-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “” 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2018). 13 No. 1-20-0917 ¶ 33 Here, defendant’s conviction for armed habitual criminal was based on the two prior predicate offenses of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (case No.”
People v. Hall, 2021 IL App (1st) 190959 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 720 ILCS 5/2-5 (West 2020). At the close of all of the evidence, and again upon denying defendant’s motion for a directed finding, the court noted that Gibson, not Zurawski, was the subject of the obstructive conduct.”
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