IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 18.06
Issues In Subsequent Offense Of Unlawful Use Of Weapons
To sustain the charge of subsequent offense of unlawful use of weapons, the State must
prove the following propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant knowingly [(carried) (possessed)] a [(pistol)
(revolver) (firearm) (stun gun or taser)] [(in a vehicle) (concealed on or about his person)]; and
Second Proposition: That when the defendant did so, he was not on his own land, in his
abode, or in his fixed place of business; and
Third Proposition: That the defendant has been previously convicted of unlawful use of
weapons.
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.
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. [However, if
you find the defendant has proved by a preponderance of the evidence that ____, you should find
the defendant not guilty.]
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- illinoiscourts.gov
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-19
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