IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 22.08
Issues In Communicating With A Juror
To sustain the charge of communicating with a juror, the State must prove the following
propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant communicated directly or indirectly with ____; and
Second Proposition: That when he did so, the defendant believed ____ had been
summoned as a juror; and
Third Proposition: That when he did so, the defendant intended to influence ____
regarding a matter which [(was) (might have been brought )] before ____ in his capacity as a
juror.
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.
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
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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