Illinois Code § 1-4017

Illinois Code § 1-4017. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 1-4017.

Transfer of causes. All cases of every kind that are on the docket of the circuit court of the petitioning county at the date of the Governor's proclamation aforesaid, shall be transferred by the clerk of the circuit court of the adjoining county to the docket of the circuit court of that county; and all criminal cases so transferred shall be tried by a jury drawn in the manner provided by law from the qualified jurors residing within the limits of the territory that had constituted the petitioning county before the proclamation aforesaid, unless the defendant in any such criminal case shall consent in open court to be tried by a jury of the adjoining county. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 1-4017
  • Jurisdiction: Illinois
  • Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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