IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 3.13X
Proof Of Prior Convictions--Defendant--Admissibility
Ordinarily, evidence of a defendant's prior conviction of an offense may [be considered
by you only as it may affect his believability as a witness and must] not be considered by you as
evidence of his guilt of the offense with which he is charged.
However, in this case, because the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the
proposition that the defendant has previously been convicted of ____, you may [also] consider
evidence of defendant's prior conviction of the offense of ____ [only] for the purpose of
determining whether the State has proved that proposition.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
- Content hash
191c87c9c190caee86ec61b2d6183f905d75f2ee0ba9a11f6c4713fd085cc192
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