Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 14.24

To sustain the charge of aggravated vehicular hijacking, the State must prove the

following propositions:

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

motor vehicle from the person or the immediate presence of ____; and

Second Proposition: That the defendant did so by the use of force or by threatening the

imminent use of force; and

[1] Third Proposition: That the person from whose immediate presence the motor vehicle

was taken was a [(physically handicapped person) (person 60 years of age or over)].

[or]

[2] Third Proposition: That a person under 16 years of age was a passenger in the motor

vehicle at the time of the offense.

[or]

[3] Third Proposition: That the defendant carried on or about his person or was otherwise

armed with a dangerous weapon at the time of the taking.

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.