IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.98
Issues In Vehicular Endangerment
To sustain the charge of vehicular endangerment, the State must prove the following
propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant caused by any means an object to fall from an
overpass; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant did so with the intent to strike a motor vehicle;
and
Third Proposition: That the defendant caused the object to fall in the direction of a
moving motor vehicle traveling upon any highway; and
Fourth Proposition: That the object struck a motor vehicle[(.) (; and)]
[Fifth Proposition: That death resulted.]
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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