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  2. Criminal justice, victims rights laws go into effect Jan. 1 ...

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    It also changes the name of the offense “armed habitual criminal” to “persistent unlawful possession of a weapon.” Of the nearly 300 laws going into effect Jan. 1, a handful give crime ...

  3. Habitual offender - Wikipedia

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    A habitual offender, repeat offender, or career criminal is a person convicted of a crime who was previously convicted of other crimes. Various state and jurisdictions may have laws targeting habitual offenders, and specifically providing for enhanced or exemplary punishments or other sanctions .

  4. Illinois Compiled Statutes - Wikipedia

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    Additions, deletions, and changes to the ILCS are done through the Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB), which files the changes as provided for by Public Act 87-1005. [ 3 ] The compilation is an official compilation by the state and is entirely in the public domain for purposes of federal copyright law; anyone may publish the statutes ...

  5. Armed Career Criminal Act - Wikipedia

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    The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) [1] is a United States federal law that provides sentence enhancements for felons who commit crimes with firearms if they are convicted of certain crimes three or more times. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter was a key proponent for the legislation. [2]

  6. Illinois cop, 40, killed by violent career criminal — marking ...

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    Police referred to Thomas as a “habitual criminal” with a long history of arrests that include aggravated battery to a police officer, domestic battery, battery and resisting a police officer.

  7. Erlinger v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Argument: Oral argument: Case history; Prior: United States v. Erlinger, 77 F.4th 617 (7th Cir. 2023).: Questions presented; Whether the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant's prior convictions were "committed on occasions different from one another," as is necessary to impose an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act ...

  8. Peoria man pleads not guilty in shooting that killed 10-year ...

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    Maurice D. Sargent, 33, pled not guilty to one count of first-degree murder and another count of being an armed habitual criminal for his alleged role in the boy's shooting death on Sept. 29 in ...

  9. Law of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Title page of the 1912 Laws of Illinois. The Constitution of Illinois is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the Illinois General Assembly, published in the Laws of Illinois, and codified in the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS).