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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 16.15

Definition Of Criminal Trespass To State Supported Land

activein force · 2026-09-10 – presentas-observed

A person c

ommits the offense of criminal trespass to State supported land when he [

(knowingly) (intentionally) (recklessly)]

[1] enters [(upon land) (a building on land)] supported in whole or in part with [(State

funds) (Federal funds administered through State agencies)] after receiving, prior to such entry,

notice from the State or its representative that such entry is forbidde n and who thereby interferes

with another person's lawful use or enjoyment of such [(land) (building)].

[or]

[2] remai

ns [(upon land) (in a building on land)] supported in whole or in part with [

(State funds) (Federal funds administered or granted through State agencies)] after receiving

notice from the State or its representatives to depart and who thereby interferes with another

person's lawful use or enjoyment of such [(land) (building)].

Committe

e Note

720 ILCS

5/21-5 (West, 1999) (formerly Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 38, §21-5 (1991)).

Give ei

ther Instruction 16.16 or 16.16A.

Give I

nstruction 16.15A, defining the word “notice.”

See Chapt

er 720, Sections 4- 3 and 4- 9 and Committee Note to Instruction 5.01A,

regarding the applicable mental state.

Use appli

cable paragraphs and bracketed material.

The brack

eted numbers are present solely for the guidance of court and counsel and

should not be included in the instructions submitted to the jury.

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