720 ILCS 5/12-3.05(g)(1) – Drug-Induced Infliction of Great Bodily Harm
This law makes it a serious crime to give someone drugs illegally if that person gets badly hurt from using them.
If someone gives another person illegal drugs and that person suffers serious injury or lasting harm from using them, the person who gave the drugs can be charged with aggravated battery, which is treated as a Class 1 felony in Illinois.
(g) Offense Based on Certain Conduct: A person commits aggravated battery if, not using a firearm, they break the law (Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act) by giving drugs to someone else, and that person suffers great bodily harm or a permanent injury after using the drugs (by injection, inhalation, or ingestion).
(h) Sentence: Aggravated battery under part (g)(1) is a Class 1 felony, which is a very serious criminal charge that can lead to a long prison sentence.
(i) Definitions: This section explains words used in the law:
- “Building or other structure used to provide shelter” means a place meant to give people protection, like those described in the Domestic Violence Shelters Act.
- “Domestic violence” means physical, emotional, or other harm done by someone to a partner or family member, as defined by Illinois law.
- “Domestic violence shelter” is any building or place that offers shelter or services to victims or their children, or areas within 500 feet of those locations.
- “Firearm” means a real gun (not including air rifles) that needs a Firearm Owner’s ID to possess.
- “Machine gun” means an automatic gun that can fire many bullets quickly.
- “Merchant” means a person who sells or deals in goods, as explained in state law.
- “Strangle” means purposely stopping someone’s breathing or blood flow by putting pressure on their neck or by blocking their nose or mouth.
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