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725 ILCS 5/115-7.1 (2026)

Court may not order mental examination of sex victim

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(725 ILCS 5/115-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-7.1)
    Sec. 115-7.1. Court may not order mental examination of sex victim. Except where explicitly authorized by this Code or by the Rules of the Supreme Court of Illinois, no court may require or order a witness who is the victim of an alleged sex offense to submit to or undergo either a psychiatric or psychological examination.
(Source: P.A. 83-289.)

    
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Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2014 · leading case: People v. Lopez, 800 N.E.2d 1211 (Ill. 2003).
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People v. Lopez, 800 N.E.2d 1211 (Ill. 2003). · cites it 3× “" 725 ILCS 5/115-7.1 (West 1998). When our decision in Glover was issued, section 115-7.”
People v. Baldwin, 2014 IL App (1st) 121725, 17 N.E.3d 746. · cites it 2× “1 of the Criminal Code (725 ILCS 5/115-7.1 (West 2010)), which prohibits a court from requiring a witness who is the victim of an alleged sex offense to undergo a psychiatric or -3- No.”
People v. Baldwin, 2014 IL App (1st) 121725. · cites it 2× “1 of the Criminal Code (725 ILCS 5/115-7.1 (West 2010)), which prohibits a court from requiring a witness who is the victim of an alleged sex offense to undergo a psychiatric or psychological examination.”
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