HB 5460

Abstract

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is also justified in the use of deadly force if he or she is or has been the victim of domestic violence and the effects of the domestic violence cause him or her to have a reasonable belief that the force is necessary to prevent the perpetrator of the domestic violence from causing death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another. Defines "domestic violence". Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Permits a motion for sentence modification for domestic violence victims. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act to provide for notification by the office of the State's Attorney upon request of the crime victim of any request for resentencing filed by the defendant and of the date, time, and place of any hearing concerning the motion. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that it is a mitigating factor in sentencing if at the time of the offense, the defendant was or had been the victim of domestic violence and the effect of the domestic violence tended to excuse or justify the defendant's criminal conduct.