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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.10A

Issues In Theft From The Person – Enhancing Factors Based Upon Governmental

activein force · 2026-08-19 – presentas-observed

Property Or Location

To sustain the charge of theft from the person, the State must prove the following

propositions:

First Proposition: That ____ was the owner of the property in question; and

Second Proposition: That the defendant knowingly [(obtained) (exerted)] unauthorized

control over the property in question; and

Third Proposition: That the property in question was governmental property;

[or]

Third Proposition: That when the defendant did so he was in a [(school) (place of

worship)]; and

Fourth Proposition: That the defendant intended to deprive the owner permanently of the

use or benefit of the property in question;

[or]

Fourth Proposition: That the defendant knowingly [(used) (concealed) (abandoned)] the

property in question in such manner as to deprive the owner thereof permanently of such use or

benefit;

and

Fifth Proposition: That the defendant took the property in question from the person of

____.

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

Source
illinoiscourts.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
2026-08-19
Content hash
409452b60dc6b0b97b11ea33e1f6517cb94cffb74ebbc58050b9c3a0ed6e9c9f
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