Changelog — CA → Illinois Conversion

charges.json (690 charges + modifiers + enhancements)

• Replaced all California code prefixes/statutes with Illinois equivalents by category:

  • Crimes Against a Person → 720 ILCS 5/9 (homicide), /10 (kidnapping/restraint), /12 (assault, battery, aggravated battery)

  • Property Crimes → 720 ILCS 5/16 (theft), /17 (deceptive practices/forgery), /18 (robbery/vehicular hijacking), /19 (burglary), /21 (criminal damage/trespass); vehicle theft → 625 ILCS 5/4-103

  • Weapons → 720 ILCS 5/24 (UUW, AUUW, felon possession, armed habitual criminal, reckless/aggravated discharge)

  • Sex Offenses → 720 ILCS 5/11 (criminal sexual assault/abuse tiers, public indecency, prostitution, CSAM)

  • Domestic Violence → 720 ILCS 5/12-3.2/12-7.4 (domestic battery, aggravated stalking); 750 ILCS 60 (Illinois Domestic Violence Act)

  • Financial Crimes/Fraud → 720 ILCS 5/17

  • Public Justice → 720 ILCS 5/31–33 (obstruction, perjury, escape, bribery, official misconduct)

  • Public Peace → 720 ILCS 5/25 (mob action), /26 (disorderly conduct)

  • Gambling → 720 ILCS 5/28

  • Crimes Against Dependents → 720 ILCS 5/12C, 510 ILCS 70 (Humane Care for Animals Act)

  • Health and Safety/Drugs → 720 ILCS 570 (Controlled Substances Act), 720 ILCS 550 (Cannabis Control Act), 410 ILCS 705 (Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act), 720 ILCS 646 (Meth Control Act), 720 ILCS 600 (Drug Paraphernalia Control Act)

  • Environmental/Public Health → 415 ILCS 5 (Environmental Protection Act)

  • Juvenile Offenses → 705 ILCS 405 (Juvenile Court Act), 105 ILCS 5 (School Code)

  • Fish and Game → 520 ILCS 5 (Wildlife Code), 515 ILCS 5 (Fish and Aquatic Life Code)

  • Cybercrime → 720 ILCS 5/17-51

  • Gang Offenses → 720 ILCS 5/12-6.4, 740 ILCS 147 (Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act)

  • Firearm Use Enhancements → 720 ILCS 5/33A-2 (Armed Violence), 730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(1)(d) (firearm add-on sentences)

• Federal Offenses category left untouched — federal statutes (USC) apply regardless of state.

• Sentencing enhancement codes remapped individually: hate crime → 720 ILCS 5/12-7.1; GBI → 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2(a)(1); gang benefit → 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2(b)(17); prior prison term → 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-95 (Habitual Criminal Act).

• Rewrote embedded inline statute cross-references inside notes/courtNotes text (e.g., CA PC 1192.7 "serious felony" list → 720 ILCS 5/2-8 forcible felony; CA PC 1385 strike-dismissal language → generic "interest of justice" language; CA PC 190.2 special-circumstances/death-penalty language → Illinois natural-life sentencing factors, since Illinois has no death penalty; CA PC 273a → 720 ILCS 5/12C-5; CA VC 14610 → 625 ILCS 5/4-104; CA PC 11166 → 325 ILCS 5/4).

• Reworded "California-style court workflow" and CCCA/racketeering references in the $schema note and a fraud charge's notes.

citations.json (680 citations)

• Same code/statute conversion applied across all categories — vehicle rules of the road, equipment, licensing/registration/insurance, collision reporting, parking, pedestrian/bicycle, distracted driving, commercial/load safety, off-road vehicles, DUI/reckless, alcohol/cannabis-in-vehicle, boating, fish and game, environmental, and rideshare — mapped to the corresponding Illinois Vehicle Code articles (625 ILCS 5) and related acts (235 ILCS 5 Liquor Control Act, 625 ILCS 45 Boat Registration and Safety Act, 625 ILCS 57 Transportation Network Providers Act, 92 Ill. Adm. Code 395 for commercial/CDL rules).

• LA Municipal Code (LAMC) parking entries → Chicago Municipal Code equivalents.

• Replaced boilerplate "CHP" → "ISP", "DMV" → "Secretary of State", and the repeated "LAMC 89.60 civil parking penalty schedule" note → "City of Chicago parking penalty schedule (Chicago Municipal Code 9-100)".

• Swept remaining "California" mentions in descriptions/notes to "Illinois".

court_personnel.json

• Judge department field: "Dept. X" → "Courtroom X" for all 12 state judges.

• Prosecutor names: "DDA [Name]" → "ASA [Name]" (Assistant State's Attorney) for 9 prosecutors; "Deputy City Attorney Marcus Bell" → "Assistant State's Attorney Marcus Bell".

• No changes needed to defense counsel, federal judges/prosecutors/defense counsel, or bias/multiplier values — none referenced California-specific structure.