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730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 (2026)

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(730 ILCS 5/1-1-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1001-1-1)
    Sec. 1-1-1. Short title.
    This Code shall be known and may be cited as the Unified Code of Corrections.
(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

    
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Cited in 56 cases (15 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: People v. Sturgeon, 2019 IL App (4th) 170035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019).
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People v. Sturgeon, 2019 IL App (4th) 170035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “¶ 105 The Unified Code of Corrections (Unified Code) ( 730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 2016) ) prescribes mitigating and aggravating factors that the trial *634 *722 court must consider when determining an appropriate sentence.”
People v. Musgrave, 2019 IL App (4th) 170106 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “¶ 54 The Unified Code of Corrections (Unified Code) (730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 2016)) sets forth mitigating and aggravating factors that the trial court must consider when determining an appropriate sentence.”
People v. Heider, 896 N.E.2d 239 (Ill. 2008). “[2] In support, defendant noted that the Unified Code of Corrections (Corrections Code) (730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 2002)) lists mental retardation as a factor in mitigation.”
People v. Klein, 2022 IL App (4th) 200599 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “¶ 35 The Unified Code of Corrections (Unified Code) (730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 2018)) sets forth mitigating and aggravating factors that the trial court must consider when determining an appropriate sentence.”
People v. Malchow, 739 N.E.2d 433 (Ill. 2000). “(West 1994)), the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 1994)), the Medical Practice Act of 1987 (225 ILCS 60/1 et seq.”
People v. Cervantes, 723 N.E.2d 265 (Ill. 1999). “Article 15 also amended the Unified Code of Corrections (Unified Code) (730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 1992)) to permit extended-term sentences for defendants who commit felonies in furtherance of the activities of an "organized gang," and to require that defendants sentenced to…”
People v. Etherton, 2017 IL App (5th) 140427 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “¶2 On appeal, defendant argues the abuse of discretion standard employed by Illinois courts in reviewing the imposition of a sentence should be abandoned because it is inconsistent with the Illinois Constitution, Illinois Supreme Court Rule 615(b), and the Unified Code of…”
People v. Gipson, 2015 IL App (1st) 122451 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “Because the trial court convicted defendant of attempted murder, an offense covered by subsection (1)(a), the court was required to sentence defendant under the Unified Code of Corrections (Unified Code) (730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 2006)). ¶ 65 Attempted first-degree murder…”
People v. Sturgeon, 2019 IL App (4th) 170035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “¶ 105 The Unified Code of Corrections (Unified Code) (730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 2016)) prescribes mitigating and aggravating factors that the trial court must consider when determining an appropriate sentence.”
People v. Etherton, 2017 IL App (5th) 140427 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “¶2 On appeal, defendant argues the abuse of discretion standard employed by Illinois courts in reviewing the imposition of a sentence should be abandoned because it is inconsistent with the Illinois Constitution, Illinois Supreme Court Rule 615(b), and the Unified Code of…”
People v. Quezada, 2020 IL App (1st) 170532 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “The Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq.) tasks the Illinois Department of Corrections, not the trial court, with prescribing the rules and regulations for awarding and revoking sentencing credit.”
People v. Austin, 767 N.E.2d 433 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “730 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq. (West 1992). The primary rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and give effect to the intent of the legislature.”
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