IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.14
Issues In Soliciting For A Juvenile Prostitute
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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