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720 ILCS 5/12-4.1 (2026)

(Repealed)

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(720 ILCS 5/12-4.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.1)
    Sec. 12-4.1. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 91-121, eff. 7-15-99. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: People v. Cooper, 669 N.E.2d 637 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996).
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People v. Cooper, 669 N.E.2d 637 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “He was sentenced to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the heinous battery conviction. He was not sentenced for the aggravated battery of a child conviction because it is a lesser offense of heinous battery.”
People v. Kinsloe, 666 N.E.2d 872 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “1 (now codified at 720 ILCS 5/12-4.1 (West 1994)). The State's indictment of the defendant charged that the defendant committed heinous battery when he "poured liquid paste wax on Laverne Kinsloe ignited the liquid paste wax and set Laverne Kinsloe on fire.”
People v. Drake, 2019 IL 123734 (Ill. 2019). “3(a) (West 2008)), heinous battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2008)), and aggravated domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.”
In Re the Extradition of Fulgencio Garcia, 188 F. Supp. 2d 921 (N.D. Ill. 2002). “Under these circumstances, the crime of Injuries would constitute heinous battery under Illinois law, 720 ILCS 5/12-4.1, punishable by incarceration for up to forty-five years.”
People v. Drake, 2019 IL 123734 (Ill. 2019). “3(a) (West 2008)), heinous battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2008)), and aggravated domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.”
People v. Richmond, 2021 IL App (1st) 182098-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “See 720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(b) (West 2010). That error, however, is not determinative of the issue in this appeal.”
People v. Richmond, 2025 IL App (1st) 240626-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 2× “Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of three counts of heinous battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2010)) and sentenced to one nine-year term of imprisonment to run consecutively to two concurrent six-year terms of imprisonment.”
Bodkin v. 5401 S.P., Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “) 720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2000). Defendants further argue that lighting the M-80 inside Lindy's was a "flagrant violation of the Fireworks Use Act.”
People v. Phelps (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a)(West 1996). While battery is a Class A misdemeanor, heinous battery is a Class X felony.”
People v. Phelps (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a)(West 1996). While battery is a Class A misdemeanor, heinous battery is a Class X felony.”
— 720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) — 6 cases
People v. Drake, 2019 IL 123734 (Ill. 2019). “3(a) (West 2008)), heinous battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2008)), and aggravated domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.”
People v. Drake, 2019 IL 123734 (Ill. 2019). “3(a) (West 2008)), heinous battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2008)), and aggravated domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.”
Bodkin v. 5401 S.P., Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “) 720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2000). Defendants further argue that lighting the M-80 inside Lindy's was a "flagrant violation of the Fireworks Use Act.”
People v. Richmond, 2025 IL App (1st) 240626-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of three counts of heinous battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2010)) and sentenced to one nine-year term of imprisonment to run consecutively to two concurrent six-year terms of imprisonment.”
People v. Phelps (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a)(West 1996). While battery is a Class A misdemeanor, heinous battery is a Class X felony.”
— 720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(b) — 2 cases
People v. Richmond, 2021 IL App (1st) 182098-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “See 720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(b) (West 2010). That error, however, is not determinative of the issue in this appeal.”
People v. Richmond, 2025 IL App (1st) 240626-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of three counts of heinous battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1(a) (West 2010)) and sentenced to one nine-year term of imprisonment to run consecutively to two concurrent six-year terms of imprisonment.”
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