Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 16.04

To sustai

n the charge of shooting a firearm at a train, the State must prove the following

proposition:

That the de

fendant knowingly shot a firearm at any portion of a railroad train.

If you fi

nd from your consideration of all the evidence that this proposition has been

proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.

If you fi

nd from your consideration of all the evidence that this proposition has not been

proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty.

Committe

e Note

Committ

ee Note Approved December 1, 2017

720 ILCS 5/

21-1 (West, 2017) amended by P.A. 86-496, effective January 1, 1990, and

P.A. 86-1254, effective January 1, 1991; P.A. 88-406, effective August 20, 1993; P.A. 88-558,

effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 89-8, effective March 21, 1995; P.A. 91-360, effective July 29,

1999; P.A. 92-454, effective January1, 2002; P.A. 94-509, effective August 9, 2005; P.A. 95-

553, effective June 1, 2008; P.A. 96-529, effective August 14, 2009; P.A. 97-1108, effective

January 1, 2013; and, P.A. 98-315, effective January 1, 2014.

Give Ins

truction 16.03.

When account

ability 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

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