IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.40
Issue In Solicitation Of A Sexual Act
To sustain the charge of solicitation of a sexual act, the State must prove the following
proposition:
That the defendant offered a person not his spouse any money, property, token, object, or
article or anything of value to perform any [(act of sexual penetration) (touching or fondling of
the sex organs of one person by another person for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification)
].
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that this proposition has been
proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that this proposition has not been
proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
- Content hash
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