IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 18.20
Issues In Unlawful Sale Or Delivery Of Firearms On School Or Public Housing Premises
To sustain the charge of unlawful [(sale) (delivery)] of firearms on the premises of a [
(school) (public housing facility)], the State must prove the following propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant [(knowingly) (intentionally) (recklessly)] [(sold)
(gave) (delivered)] a firearm; and
Second Proposition: That when the defendant did so, he was 18 years of age or older; and
Third Proposition: That the defendant [(sold) (gave) (delivered)] the firearm while
[1] in a school [regardless of the [(time of day) (time of year)]]; and
[or]
[2] on the real property comprising a school [regardless of the [(time of day) (time of
year)]]; and
[or]
[3] in residential property owned, operated, and managed by a public housing agency;
and
[or]
[4] on the real property comprising residential property owned, operated, and managed by
a public housing agency; and
Fourth Proposition: That the person to whom the firearm was [(sold) (given) (delivered)
] was under 18 years of age.
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
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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