IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 7.15
Causation In Homicide Cases Excluding Felony Murder
[(For the offense of _________, in) (In)] order for you to find that the acts of the
defendant caused the death of _____, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that
defendant’s acts [of delivering _____] were a contributing cause of the death and that the death
did not result from a cause unconnected with the defendant. However, it is not necessary that you
find the acts of the defendant were the sole and immediate cause of death.
Provenance
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- illinoiscourts.gov
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- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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