IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 29.09
Concluding Instruction For Proceeding To Determine Defendant’s Fitness To Stand
Trial
When you retire to the jury room you first will elect one of your members as your
foreperson. He or she will preside during your deliberations on your verdict.
You are being provided with a verdict form listing the four possible verdicts in this
proceeding. Your verdict must be unanimous and signed by all of you, including your
foreperson.
You must first decide if the defendant is fit to stand trial. If you determine that the
defendant is fit to stand trial, you should indicate that verdict by marking the applicable option on
the verdict form and sign it as I have stated. Do not mark any of the other verdict options. Mark
only one option.
If however you determine that the defendant is unfit to stand trial, you must then determine
whether (1) there is a substantial probability that he will, if provided with a course of treatment,
attain fitness within [one year] [364 days] [6 months] [30 days]; or (2) there is not a substantial
probability that he will, if provided with a course of treatment, attain fitness within [one year]
[364 days] [6 months] [30 days]; or (3) you are unable to determine if there is a substantial
probability that the defendant, if provided with a course of treatment, will attain fitness within
[one year] [364 days] [6 months] [30 days]. In this circumstance, you should mark the applicable
option on the jury verdict form and sign it as I have stated. Do not mark any of the other verdict
options. Mark only one option.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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