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720 ILCS 5/32-1 (2026)

Compounding a crime

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(720 ILCS 5/32-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-1)
    Sec. 32-1. Compounding a crime.
    (a) A person commits compounding a crime when he or she knowingly receives or offers to another any consideration for a promise not to prosecute or aid in the prosecution of an offender.
    (b) Sentence. Compounding a crime is a petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2011 · leading case: People v. Stuckey, 959 N.E.2d 740 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
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People v. Stuckey, 959 N.E.2d 740 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 3× “Compounding a crime is defined as "receiv[ing] or offer[ing] to another any consideration for a promise not to prosecute or aid in the prosection of an offender. " (Internal quotation marks omitted.”
People v. Stuckey, 2011 IL App (1st) 92535 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 3× “3d 1138 (1982)); see also 720 ILCS 5/32-1 (West 2008) (defining the offense of compounding a crime).”
— 720 ILCS 5/32-1(a) — 2 cases
People v. Stuckey, 959 N.E.2d 740 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “Compounding a crime is defined as "receiv[ing] or offer[ing] to another any consideration for a promise not to prosecute or aid in the prosection of an offender. " (Internal quotation marks omitted.”
People v. Stuckey, 2011 IL App (1st) 92535 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “3d 1138 (1982)); see also 720 ILCS 5/32-1 (West 2008) (defining the offense of compounding a crime).”
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