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720 ILCS 5/12-4.3 (2026)

(Repealed)

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(720 ILCS 5/12-4.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.3)
    Sec. 12-4.3. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 46 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: People v. Pollock, 780 N.E.2d 669 (Ill. 2002).
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People v. Pollock, 780 N.E.2d 669 (Ill. 2002). · cites it 2× “Aggravated battery of a child is an offense which requires a knowing or intentional state of mind (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3 (West 2000)), and "[accountability, tied as it is to the crime charged, must comport with the requirements of that crime" ( People v.”
People v. English, 2013 IL 112890 (Ill. 2013). “He was charged with first degree (knowing) murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1994)), first degree (felony) murder predicated on aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 1994)), and aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 1994)). ¶3 At his jury…”
People v. Jones, 2016 IL App (3d) 140094 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “¶3 FACTS ¶4 Defendant was charged with first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 2006)) and aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 2006)) based on the death of his two- month-old son, K.”
People v. Lander, 831 N.E.2d 596 (Ill. 2005). “Lander was convicted of aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 1994)) and sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment.”
People v. Goins, 2013 IL App (1st) 113201 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 2008). It is fundamental that a defendant is responsible for the results of his or her acts and a jury should be allowed to hear the nature and extent of the great bodily harm inflicted.”
In re B'Yata I., 2014 IL App (2d) 130558-B (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “Meanwhile, on September 1, 2011, respondent pleaded guilty to aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3 (West 2010)), based on the May 18, 2011, incident, and was sentenced to probation.”
People v. Jameson, 642 N.E.2d 1207 (Ill. 1994). “720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a): Aggravated battery of a child—second conviction elevates the offense from a Class 1 felony to a Class X felony.”
People v. Cooper, 669 N.E.2d 637 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “1) (West 1992) and aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3) (West 1992). He was sentenced to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the heinous battery conviction.”
People v. Pelt, 800 N.E.2d 1193 (Ill. 2003). “The jury found defendant guilty of aggravated battery of a child, in that defendant knowingly caused great bodily harm to his son, a child under the age of 13 years (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3 (West 1996)) and first degree felony murder, in that defendant caused the death of his son…”
In Re Amf, 726 N.E.2d 661 (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). · cites it 4× “3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3 (West 1996)) before a finding of unfitness can be made as a matter of law.”
People v. Bowman, 2012 IL App (1st) 102010 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “1 720 ILCS 5/12-4.3 (West 2004). Under section 12-4.”
People v. Mendez, 2013 IL App (4th) 110107 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “BACKGROUND ¶3 On May 2, 2007, the grand jury indicted defendant on three counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2006)) and one count of aggravated battery to a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 2006)) in connection with the death of three-year-old…”
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— 720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) — 31 cases
People v. English, 2013 IL 112890 (Ill. 2013). “He was charged with first degree (knowing) murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1994)), first degree (felony) murder predicated on aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 1994)), and aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 1994)). ¶3 At his jury…”
People v. Jones, 2016 IL App (3d) 140094 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “¶3 FACTS ¶4 Defendant was charged with first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 2006)) and aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 2006)) based on the death of his two- month-old son, K.”
People v. Pollock, 780 N.E.2d 669 (Ill. 2002). “Aggravated battery of a child is an offense which requires a knowing or intentional state of mind (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3 (West 2000)), and "[accountability, tied as it is to the crime charged, must comport with the requirements of that crime" ( People v.”
People v. Lander, 831 N.E.2d 596 (Ill. 2005). “Lander was convicted of aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 1994)) and sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment.”
People v. Goins, 2013 IL App (1st) 113201 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 2008). It is fundamental that a defendant is responsible for the results of his or her acts and a jury should be allowed to hear the nature and extent of the great bodily harm inflicted.”
— 720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(b) — 2 cases
People v. Stephens, 2017 IL App (1st) 151631 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
People v. Stephens, 2017 IL App (1st) 151631 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
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