Criminal Jury Instructions | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts
The following represents Illinois Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions, drafted by the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases. All instructions are in pdf format.
Cumulative Changes to Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction - Criminal
NTRODUCTION TO IPI CRIMINAL - Revised September 2019
1.00 FUNCTION OF COURT, JURY, AND COUNSEL - 1.01 - approved July 18, 2014
2.00 BURDEN OF PROOF
3.00 PARTICULAR TYPES OF EVIDENCE - 3.15A - approved January 31, 2020
4.00 DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN WORDS - New 4.12A
5.00 MENTAL STATE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RESPONSIBILITY - 5.01A, 5.01B, 5.02, 5.02A, 5.03, 5.03A, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.10, 5.11- approved October 28, 2016
6.00 INCHOATE OFFENSES - New Section incorporating CLEAR legislation revisions - approved October 17, 2014
7.00 HOMICIDE - 7.15, 7.27, 7.28 - approved April 26, 2019
8.00 KIDNAPPING - New & Revised 8.01, 8.01A, 8.01B, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.04A, 8.05, 8.05A, 8.05B, 8.06, 8.06A, 8.07, 8.07A, 8.08, 8.09, 8.10, 8.11, 8.11A, 8.11B, 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15
9.00 SEX OFFENSES - 9.01, 9.01A, 9.01B, 9.01C, 9.02 & 9.02A - approved January 18, 2013
10.00 ABORTION - New Instructions - approved October 28, 2016
11.00 ASSAULT, BATTERY, AND RELATED CRIMES - New 11.123 & 11.124
12.00 EAVESDROPPING
13.00 THEFT - 13.77 & 13.78 - approved March 19, 2018
14.00 ROBBERY AND BURGLARY - 14.12A, 14.12B & 14.12C - approved January 24, 2014
15.00 ARSON AND RELATED OFFENSES - Revised Section - approved October 26, 2018
16.00 CRIMINAL DAMAGE AND TRESPASS - 16.01, 16.01X, 16.02, 16.02X, 16.03, 16.04, 16.05, 16.06 - approved December 1, 2017
17.00 CANNABIS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - 17.01, 17.02, 17.03, 17.04, 17.05, 17.06, 17.07, 17.08, 17.09, 17.10, 17.11, 17.12,- approved January 26, 2018
18.00 WEAPONS - 18.11, 18.12, 18.35O, 18.35P - approved December 2, 2014
19.00 MOB ACTION
20.00 GAMBLING
21.00 BRIBERY - Revised 21.15 & 21.16 - approved January 25, 2019
22.00 INTERFERENCE WITH JUDICIAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS - New 22.53A & 22.54A - Revised 22.53, 22.54, 22.74, 22.75, 22.76, 22.77 - approved January 25, 2019
23.00 TRAFFIC - 23.43B - approved April 4, 2014
24.00-25.00 DEFENSES - 24-25.27, 24-25.27A- approved October 26, 2018
26.00 CONCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS OF VERDICTS
27.00 SAMPLE SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS
28.00-28A.00 ENHANCEMENT/EXTENDED TERM SENTENCING
Note: Supreme Court Rule 451(a) prescribes the use of Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions in criminal cases. These instructions are prepared by the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases. There is no advanced approval of jury instructions in criminal cases by the Court, they are approved only after they have been tested in the courts. People v. Hester, 131 Ill.2d 91 (1989), citing Powers v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, 91 Ill.2d 375 (1982).