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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.30
Issues In Child Pornography
To sustain the charge of child pornography, the State must prove the following
propositions:
[1] First Proposition: That the defendant [( [(filmed) (videotaped) (photographed)
(depicted) (portrayed)] by means of visual medium or reproduction) (depicted by
computer)] [(a child he knew or reasonably should have known to be under the age of
18) (an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)];
[or]
[2] First Proposition: That the defendant with the knowledge of the [(nature) (content)]
thereof, [(reproduced) (disseminated) (offered to disseminate) (exhibited) (possessed
with the intent to disseminate)] a [(film) (videotape) (photograph) (depiction by
computer) [or other similar visual reproduction]] of [(a child) (an institutionalized
severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)] whom the defendant knew or
reasonably should have known to be [(under the age of 18) (an institutionalized severely
or profoundly mentally retarded person)];
[or]
[3] First Proposition: That the defendant with the knowledge of the [(subject matter)
(theme)] thereof, produced a [(stage play) (live performance) (film) (videotape)
(depiction by computer) [or other similar visual portrayal]] which included [(a child
whom the defendant knew or reasonably should have known to be under the age of 18)
(an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)];
[or]
[4] First Proposition: That the defendant [(solicited) (used) (persuaded) (induced)
(enticed) (coerced)] [(a child whom he knew or reasonably should have known to be
under the age of 18) (an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded
person)] to appear in a [(stage play) (live presentation) (film) (videotape) (photograph)
(depiction by computer) [or other similar visual reproduction]] in which the [(child)
(institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)] [(would be) (would
be depicted, actually) (would be depicted, by simulation)] in the following [(act) (pose)
(setting)]: ____;
[or]
[5] First Proposition: That the defendant was a [(parent) (step -parent) (legal guardian)
(other person having care or custody)] of [(a child whom the defendant knew or
reasonably should have known to be under the age of 18) (an institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] and that the defendant knowingly [(permitted)
(induced) (promoted) (arranged for)] such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] to appear in a [(stage play) (live performance)
(film) (videotape) (photograph) (depiction by computer) [or other similar visual [
(presentation) (portrayal) (simulation)]] of the following [(act) (activity)]: ____;
[or]
[6] First Proposition: That the defendant with the knowledge of the [(nature) (content)]
thereof, possessed a [(film) (videotape) (photograph) (depiction by computer) [or other
similar visual reproduction]] of [(a child) (an institutionalized severely or profoundly
mentally retarded person)] whom the defendant knew or reasonably should have known
to be [(under the age of 18) (an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
retarded person)];
[or]
[7] First Proposition: That the defendant [(solicited) (used) (persuaded) (induced)
(enticed) (coerced)] a person to provide [(a child under the age of 18) (an
institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)] to appear in a [(stage
play) (live presentation) (film) (videotape) (photograph) (depiction by computer) [or
other similar visual reproduction]] in which the [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] would be depicted, actually or by simulation:
____;
and
[a] Second Proposition: That such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] actually or by simulation engaged in an act
of sexual intercourse with [(a person) (an animal)].
[or]
[b] Second Proposition: That such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] actually or by simulation engaged in an act
of sexual contact involving the sex organs of the [(child) (institutionalized
severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)] and the [(mouth) (anus) (sex
organs)] of another [(person) (animal)].
[or]
[c] Second Proposition: That such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] actually or by simulation engaged in an act
of sexual contact involving the [(mouth) (anus) (sex organs)] of the [(child)
(institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)] and the sex
organs of another [(person) (animal)].
[or]
[d] Second Proposition: That such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] actually or by simulation engaged in an act
of masturbation.
[or]
[e] Second Proposition: That such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] actually or by simulation was portrayed as
[(being the object of) (otherwise engaged in)] an act of lewd [(fondling)
(touching) (caressing)] involving another [(person) (animal)].
[or]
[f] Second Proposition: That such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] actually or by simulation engaged in an act
of [(excretion) (urination)] within a sexual context.
[or]
[g] Second Proposition: That such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] actually or by simulation was [(portrayed)
(depicted)] as [(bound) (fettered) (subject to sadistic abuse) (subject to
masochistic abuse) (subject to sadomasochistic abuse)] in a sexual context.
[or]
[h] Second Proposition: That such [(child) (institutionalized severely or
profoundly mentally retarded person)] was [(depicted) (portrayed)] in a [(pose)
(posture) (setting)] involving a lewd exhibition of the [(unclothed genitals)
(pubic area) (buttocks) (a fully or partially developed breast)] of the [(child)
(institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded person) (other person)
] [if the [(child) (institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded
person) (other person)] is a female].
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
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- 2026-09-10
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- 2026-09-10
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