IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.27C
Obscenity--Affirmative Defenses
It is a defense to the charge of obscenity that the dissemination
[1] was not for gain and was made to personal associates other than children under 18
years of age.
[or]
[2] was to institutions or individuals having scientific or other special justification for
possession of such material.
Provenance
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- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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