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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 16.15
Definition Of Criminal Trespass To State Supported Land
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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