IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.78
Issues In Violation Of Order Of Protection
To sustain the charge of violation of an order of protection, the State must prove the
following propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant ______; and
Second Proposition: That an order of protection prohibited the defendant from
performing [(that act) (those acts)];
[(or)]
Second Proposition: That an order of protection directed the defendant to perform [(that
act) (those acts)];
and
Third Proposition: That the order of protection was in effect at the time the defendant
____; and
Fourth Proposition: That at the time the defendant ____, he had been served notice of the
contents of an order of protection or otherwise had acquired actual knowledge of the contents of
the order.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that each one of these propositions
has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that any one of these propositions
has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty.
Provenance
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- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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