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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 19.04
Issues In Mob Action--Violent Infliction Of Injury
To sustain the charge of mob action involving violent infliction of injury the State must
prove the following propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant acted together with one or more persons without
authority of law; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant [(knowingly) (intentionally) (recklessly)]
disturbed the public peace by the use of force or violence; and
Third Proposition: That one of the participants in the mob action violently inflicted
injury upon the [(person) (property)] of another.
[or]
First Proposition: That the defendant assembled with one or more persons to do ____;
and
Second Proposition: That the defendant [(knew) (intended)] that the purpose of
assembling was to perform ____; and
Third Proposition: That one of the participants in the mob action violently inflicted
injury upon the [(person) (property)] of another.
[or]
First Proposition: That the defendant assembled with one or more persons without
authority of law; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant [(knew) (intended)] that the purpose of
assembling [(was to do violence to the person or property of anyone supposed to have been
guilty of a violation of law) (was to exercise correctional powers or regulative powers over any
person by violence)]; and
Third Proposition: That one of the participants in the mob action violently inflicted
injury upon the [(person) (property)] of another.
If you find from your consideration of all of the evidence that each one of these
propositions has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.
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.
Provenance
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- illinoiscourts.gov
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- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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