IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 7.03
Definition Of Mitigating Factor—Second Degree Murder—Provocation
A mitigating factor exists so as to reduce the offense of first degree murder to the lesser
offense of second degree murder if, at the time of the killing, the defendant acts under a sudden
and intense passion resulting from serious provocation by [(the deceased) (some other person he
endeavors to kill, but he negligently or accidentally kills the deceased)]. Serious provocation is
conduct sufficient to excite an intense passion in a reasonable person.
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-19
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