Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.96

To sustain the charge of ritualized abuse of a child, the State must prove the following

propositions:

First Proposition: That the defendant [(intentionally) (knowingly) (recklessly)]

committed [any of] the following act[s] [(with) (upon) (in the presence of)] a child under 18

years of age:

[1] actually or in simulation, tortures, mutilates, or sacrifices any warm- blooded animal

or human being; and

[or]

[2] forces ingestion, injection, or other application of any narcotic, drug, hallucinogen, or

anesthetic for the purpose of dulling sensitivity, cognition, recollection of, or resistance to

any criminal activity; and

[or]

[3] forces ingestion, or external application, of human or animal urine, feces, flesh, blood,

bones, body secretions, nonprescribed drugs, or chemical compounds; and

[or]

[4] involves the child in a mock, unauthorized or unlawful marriage ceremony with

another person or representation of any force or deity, followed by sexual contact with

the child; and

[or]

[5] places the living child into a coffin or open grave containing a human corpse or

remains; and

[or]

[6] threatens death or serious harm to the child, the child's parents, family, pets, or friends

that instills a well-founded fear in the child that the threat will be carried out; and

[or]

[7] unlawfully dissects, mutilates, or incinerates a human corpse; and

Second Proposition: That the defendant did so as part of a ceremony, rite, or any similar

observance.

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.