Illinois Code § 2

Illinois Code § 2. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 2.

In any case arising under "An Act to provide a remedy for persons convicted and imprisoned in the penitentiary, who assert that rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States or the State of Illinois, or both, have been denied, or violated, in proceedings in which they were convicted", approved August 4, 1949, in which the presiding judge has determined that the post-conviction petition is sufficient to require an answer, it shall be the duty of the official court reporter to transcribe, in whole or in part, his stenographic notes of the evidence introduced at the trial in which the petitioner was convicted, if instructed so to do by the State's Attorney or by the court. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3443.)

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

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  • Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 2
  • Jurisdiction: Illinois
  • Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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