Bindinglaw

IL · jury_instructions

Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.57

Definition Of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault

activein force · 2026-09-10 – presentas-observed

[a] A person commits the offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault when he commits

criminal sexual assault and

[1] [(displays) (threatens to use) (uses)] [(a dangerous weapon other than a

firearm) (any object fashioned or utilized in such a manner as to lead the victim

under the circumstances reasonably to believe it to be a dangerous weapon)].

[or]

[2] causes bodily harm to the victim.

[or]

[3] acts in such a manner as to threaten or endanger the life of [(the victim) (any

other person)].

[or]

[4] the criminal sexual assault is perpetrated during the course of the

[(commission) (attempted commission)] of the offense of ____.

[or]

[5] the victim is 60 years of age or over when the offense is committed.

[or]

[6] the victim is a physically handicapped person when the offense is committed.

[or]

[7] as part of the same course of conduct, delivers by [(injection) (inhalation)

(ingestion) (transfer of possession) (any other means)] to the victim [(without his

or her consent) (by threat or deception)], and for other than medical purposes, any

controlled substance.

[or]

[8] is armed with a firearm.

[or]

[9] personally discharges a firearm during the commission of the offense.

[or]

[10] personally discharges a firearm during the commission of the offense that

proximately causes [(great bodily harm) (permanent disability) (permanent

disfigurement) (death)] to another person.

[or]

[b] A person commits the offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault when he is under

17 years of age and commits an act of sexual penetration with

[1] a victim who is under 9 years of age when the act is committed.

[or]

[2] a victim who is at least 9 years of age but under 13 years of age when the act

is committed and the accused used [(force) (threat of force)] to commit the act.

[or]

[c] A person commits the offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault when he

[1] commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim and

[2] the victim is a severely or profoundly mentally retarded person at the time the

act is committed.

Provenance

Source
illinoiscourts.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-10
Edition
2026-09-10
Content hash
f5e44764325a2f0e6f4eb3f3e8cd9a4caae7cb33c85832dc4e1a5ad55299433c
View the official source →

The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.

Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.

Coverage · API docs

Bindinglaw

Point-in-time US law with the receipt attached. Source URL, retrieval time, content hash, and validity dates on every answer.

curl api.binding.law/v1/law/coverage

© 2026 binding.law · a Jubal, Inc. productAttorneys and firms never pay. Ever.