(720 ILCS 5/3-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-7)
Sec. 3-7. Periods excluded from limitation. The period within which a prosecution must be commenced does not include any period in which:
(a) The defendant is not usually and publicly resident within this State; or
(b) The defendant is a public officer and the offense charged is theft of public funds while in public office; or
(c) A prosecution is pending against the defendant for the same conduct, even if the indictment or information which commences the prosecution is quashed or the proceedings thereon are set aside, or are reversed on appeal; or
(d) A proceeding or an appeal from a proceeding relating to the quashing or enforcement of a Grand Jury subpoena issued in connection with an investigation of a violation of a criminal law of this State is pending. However, the period within which a prosecution must be commenced includes any period in which the State brings a proceeding or an appeal from a proceeding specified in this subsection (d); or
(e) A material witness is placed on active military duty or leave. In this subsection (e), "material witness" includes, but is not limited to, the arresting officer, occurrence witness, or the alleged victim of the offense; or
(f) The victim of unlawful force or threat of imminent bodily harm to obtain information or a confession is incarcerated, and the victim's incarceration, in whole or in part, is a consequence of the unlawful force or threats.
(Source: P.A. 93-417, eff. 8-5-03; 94-1113, eff. 1-1-08.)
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