IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 19.08
Issues In Disorderly Conduct
To sustain the charge of disorderly conduct , the State must prove the following
proposition[s]:
[1] That the defendant knowingly performed an act in such an unreasonable manner as to
alarm or disturb another and provoke a breach of the peace.
[or]
[2] First Proposition: That the defendant knowingly transmitted to a fire department of
any city, town, village, or fire protection district a false alarm of a fire; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant did so knowing that there was no reasonable
ground for believing that a fire existed.
[or]
[3] First Proposition: That the defendant knowingly transmitted to another a false alarm
that a bomb or another explosive was concealed in such a place that its explosion would
endanger human life; and
Second Proposition: That t he defendant did so knowing that there was no reasonable
ground for believing that a bomb or explosive was concealed in that place.
[or]
[4] First Proposition: That the defendant knowingly transmitted to a [(peace officer)
(public officer) (public employee)] a report that an offense had been committed; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant did so knowing that there was no reasonable
ground for believing that such an offense had been committed.
[or]
[5] That the defendant knowingly entered upon the property of another and, for a lewd or
unlawful purpose, deliberately looked into a dwelling on the property through any window or
other opening in it.
[or]
[6] That the defendant, while acting as a collection agency or as an employee of such
collection agency, and while attempting to collect an alleged debt, knowingly made a telephone
call to an alleged debtor which was designed to harass, annoy, or intimidate the alleged debtor.
[or]
[7] That that defendant knowingly transmitted a false report to the Department of
Children and Family Services that ____.
[or]
[8] That the defendant knowingly transmitted a false report to the Department of Public
Health that ____.
[or]
[9] That the defendant knowing transmitted to a [(police department) (fire department of
any municipality or fire protection district) (privately owned and operated ambulance service)] a
false request for an [(ambulance) (emergency medical technician -ambulance) (emergency
medical technician-paramedic)] knowing there was no reasonable ground for believing that such
assistance is required.
[or]
[10] That the defendant knowingly transmitted a false report to the Department of Aging
of the State of Illinois that ____.
If you find from your considera tion of all the evidence that [(each one of these
propositions) (this proposition)] 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) (this proposition)] has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should
find the defendant not guilty.
Provenance
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- 2026-09-10
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- 2026-09-10
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