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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 18.20

Issues In Unlawful Sale Or Delivery Of Firearms On School Or Public Housing Premises

activein force · 2026-08-19 – presentas-observed

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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2026-08-20
Edition
2026-08-19
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