IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.82
Issues In Ritual Mutilation
To sustain the charge of ritual mutilation, the State must prove the following
propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant [(intentionally) (knowingly) (recklessly)]
mutilated, dismembered, or tortured ____; and
Second Proposition: That the mutilation, dismemberment, or torture occurred as part of a
ceremony, rite, initiation, observance, performance, or practice; and
Third Proposition: That ____ did not consent to the mutilation, dismemberment, or
torture.
[or]
Third Proposition: That defendant knew or should have known that under the
circumstances present, ____ was unable to render effective consent to the mutilation,
dismemberment, or torture.
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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