IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.80X
Issues In Inducement To Commit Suicide--Providing The Means Or Participating In A
Physical Act
To sustain the charge of inducement to commit suicide, the State must prove the
following propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant intentionally [(offered and provided the physical
means) (participated in a physical act)] by which ____[(committed) (attempted to commit)]
suicide; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant knew that ____ intended to [(commit) (attempt
to commit)] suicide.
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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