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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.36

Issues In Exploitation Of A Child [Or Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Person]

activein force · 2026-09-10 – presentas-observed

To sustain the charge of exploitation of a child, the State must prove the following

propositions:

First Proposition: That the defendant confined ____ against his will by inflicting or

threatening to imminently inflict great bodily harm;

[or]

First Proposition: That the defendant confined ____ against his will by inflicting or

threatening to imminently inflict permanent disability or disfigurement;

[or]

First Proposition: That the defendant confined ____ against his will by administering to

____ without his consent or by threat or deception and for other than medical purposes, any [

(alcoholic intoxicant) (drug)];

and

Second Proposition: That ____ at the time was [(under 16 years of age) (an

institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally retarded person)]; and

Third Proposition: That the defendant compelled ____ to become a prostitute.

[or]

Third Proposition: That the defendant arranged a situation in which ____ may practice

prostitution.

[or]

Third Proposition: That the defendant received any money, property, token, object, or

article or anything of value from ____ knowing it was obtained in whole or in part from the

practice of prostitution.

If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that each 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.

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2026-09-10
Edition
2026-09-10
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