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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.14

Issues In Soliciting For A Juvenile Prostitute

activein force · 2026-08-19 – presentas-observed

To sustain the charge of soliciting for a juvenile prostitute, the State must prove the

following propositions:

First Proposition: That the defendant solicited ____ for the purpose of prostitution;

[or]

First Proposition: That the defendant arranged or offered to arrange a meeting of persons

for the purpose of prostitution;

[or]

First Proposition: That the defendant directed ____ to a place knowing such direction

was for the purpose of prostitution;

and

Second Proposition: That ____, for whom the defendant was soliciting, was [(under the

age of 16 years of age) (an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)] at

the time of the act giving rise to the charge[; and

Third Proposition: That the defendant did not reasonably believe that ____ was [(of the

age of 16 years or older) (not an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded

person)]].

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

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illinoiscourts.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
2026-08-19
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