IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.10A
Issues In Theft From The Person – Enhancing Factors Based Upon Governmental
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
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