IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 7.02
Issues In First Degree Murder (When Second Degree Murder Is Not Also An Issue)
Use For Cases Where The Offense Is Alleged To Have Occurred Before July 1, 2021.
To sustain the charge of first degree murder, the State must prove the following
propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant performed the acts which caused the death of ____;
and
Second Proposition: That when the defendant did so,
[1] he intended to kill or do great bodily harm to ____ ;
[or]
[2] he knew that his acts would cause death to ____ ;
[or]
[3] he knew that his acts created a strong probability of death or great bodily harm to
____ ;
[or]
[4] he was [(attempting to commit) (committing)] the offense of ____.
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
- Content hash
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