Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 15.02A

To sust

ain the charge of arson, the State must prove the following propositions:

Firs

t Proposition: That the defendant, by means of [(fire) (explosive)], knowingly

damaged the personal property of ____; and

Second Proposition: That the personal property had a value of $150 or more .

If y

ou 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 y

ou 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.

Commi

ttee Note

Instr

uction and Committee Note Approved October 26, 2018

720 ILCS 5/20-1(a) (West 2018).

Give

Instruction 15.01.

The Com

mittee believes the issue of whether the property is real or personal is a legal

issue to be determined by the court.

Inser

t in the blanks the name of the property owner.

Wheneve

r the jury is to be instructed on an affirmative defense, combine this instruction

with the appropriate instructions from Chapter 24-25.00. Because the additional proposition or

propositions that will thereby be included will require the jury to find that the defendant acted

without consent, the Committee has concluded that the phrase “without his consent” need not be

used in this issues instruction.

Use app

licable bracketed material.

When ac

countability is an issue, ordinarily insert the phrase “or one for whose conduct he

is legally responsible” after the word “defendant” in each proposition. See Instruction 5.03.