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Illinois Pattern 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.

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Rule # Rule Title
Rule # Rule Title Introduction to IPI Criminal
Revised July 26, 2024
Rule # Rule Title User's Guide
Rule # 1.00 Rule Title Function of Court, Jury, and Counsel
Revised 1.01A, 1.01B - Approved April 30, 2021
Rule # 2.00 Rule Title Burden of Proof
Rule # 3.00 Rule Title Particular Types of Evidence
New & Revised 3.20, 3.20A, 3.20B, 3.23, & 3.24 - Approved April 26, 2024
Rule # 4.00 Rule Title Definitions of Certain Words
New 4.46 - Approved October 25, 2024
Rule # 5.00 Rule Title Mental State, Accountability, and Responsibility
Revised 5.03 - Approved April 28, 2023
Rule # 6.00 Rule Title Inchoate Offenses
New Section incorporating CLEAR legislation revisions - Approved October 17, 2014
Rule # 7.00 Rule Title Homicide
Revised 7.15 - Approved July 29, 2022
Rule # 8.00 Rule Title Kidnapping
Nov 13; 8.31, 8.31A, 8.31B, 8.32, 8.32A, 8.33, 8.34, and 8.34A. and Oct 30; 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.19, 8.19A, 8.19B, 8.20, 8.21, 8.22, 8.23, 8.24, 8.24A, 8.25, 8.26A, 8.27, 8.28, 8.29, 8.30
Rule # 9.00 Rule Title Sex Offenses
Revised 9.29 & 9.29B - Approved April 26, 2024
Rule # 10.00 Rule Title Abortion
New Instructions - Approved October 28, 2016
Rule # 11.00 Rule Title Assault, Battery, and Related Crimes
Revised 11.65E - Approved April 26, 2024
Rule # 12.00 Rule Title Eavesdropping
Rule # 13.00 Rule Title Theft
New & Revised 13.77, 13.77A, 13.78, 13.78A - Revised January 28, 2022
Rule # 14.00 Rule Title Robbery and Burglary
New & Revised 14.07, 14.07A, 14.08, 14.09, 14.10, 14.13, 14.13A, 14.13B, 14.14, 14.14A, 14.14B - Approved July 29, 2022
Rule # 15.00 Rule Title Arson and Related Offenses
Revised Section - Approved October 26, 2018
Rule # 16.00 Rule Title Criminal Damage and Trespass
16.01, 16.01X, 16.02, 16.02X, 16.03, 16.04, 16.05, 16.06 - Approved December 1, 2017
Rule # 17.00 Rule Title 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
Rule # 18.00 Rule Title Weapons
Revised 18.07B, 18.08B, 18.23X, 18.24X, 18.25, 18.26 - Approved July 26, 2024
Rule # 19.00 Rule Title Mob Action
Rule # 20.00 Rule Title Gambling
Rule # 21.00 Rule Title Bribery
Revised 21.15, 21.16 - Approved January 25, 2019
Rule # 22.00 Rule Title Interference with Judicial and Other Governmental Functions
New & Revised 22.75, 22.75X, 22.76, & 22.76X - Approved April 26, 2024
Rule # 23.00 Rule Title Traffic
Revised 23.39, 23.40, & 23.43B - Approved April 26, 2024
Rule # 24.00-25.00 Rule Title Defenses
Revised 24-25.04 - Approved January 27, 2023
Rule # 26.00 Rule Title Concluding Instructions and Forms of Verdicts
Rule # 27.00 Rule Title Sample Sets of Instructions
Rule # 28.00-28A.00 Rule Title 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).