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720 ILCS 5/12-6 (2026)

Intimidation

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(720 ILCS 5/12-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-6)
    Sec. 12-6. Intimidation.
    (a) A person commits intimidation when, with intent to cause another to perform or to omit the performance of any act, he or she communicates to another, directly or indirectly by any means, a threat to perform without lawful authority any of the following acts:
        (1) Inflict physical harm on the person threatened or
    
any other person or on property; or
        (2) Subject any person to physical confinement or
    
restraint; or
        (3) Commit a felony or Class A misdemeanor; or
        (4) Accuse any person of an offense; or
        (5) Expose any person to hatred, contempt or
    
ridicule; or
        (6) Take action as a public official against anyone
    
or anything, or withhold official action, or cause such action or withholding; or
        (7) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott or
    
other collective action.
    (b) Sentence.
    Intimidation is a Class 3 felony for which an offender may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 62 cases (17 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: United States v. Kevin Unthank, 109 F.3d 1205 (7th Cir. 1997).
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United States v. Kevin Unthank, 109 F.3d 1205 (7th Cir. 1997). · cites it 5× “1, based in part upon the defendant’s prior Illinois conviction for the crime of “intimidation,” 720 ILCS 5/12-6, which the court determined was a “crime of violence,” as a matter of federal sentencing law.”
People v. Harvey, 813 N.E.2d 181 (Ill. 2004). “1 (West 1996)), aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4(b)(8) (West 1996)), intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) *188 (West 1996)), and unlawful restraint (720 ILCS 5/10-3 (West 1996)).”
Shirlena Barnes v. City of Centralia, 943 F.3d 826 (7th Cir. 2019). “See 720 ILCS 5/12-6; 720 ILCS 5/12-6.2. Three months later the state stopped pur- suing those charges and Barnes’s prosecution ended.”
People v. Snyder, 959 N.E.2d 656 (Ill. 2011). · cites it 2× “¶ 1 Pursuant to a partially negotiated plea, defendant, Deandra Snyder, pled guilty to intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2008)) and criminal damage to property (720 ILCS 5/21-1(1)(a) (West 2008)) and was sentenced to concurrent extended terms of imprisonment of 10 and 6…”
People v. Snyder, 2011 IL 111382 (Ill. 2011). “OPINION ¶1 Pursuant to a partially negotiated plea, defendant, Deandra Snyder, pled guilty to intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2008)) and criminal damage to property (720 ILCS 5/21-1(1)(a) (West 2008)) and was sentenced to concurrent extended terms of imprisonment of 10…”
Henry S. Kijonka v. Michael Seitzinger, 363 F.3d 645 (7th Cir. 2004). “Kijonka’s rolling down his car window was not a threatening gesture; the obvious reason for his doing so, as a reasonable person would have understood (and, unless the defendant is trying to take advantage of a known vulnerability in his victim, Restatement, supra, § 27, the…”
City of Chicago v. Morales, 687 N.E.2d 53 (Ill. 1997). “2 (West 1996) (aggravated intimidation-a gang member committing the offense of intimidation for the purpose of furthering gang activities); 720 ILCS 5/25-1 (West 1996) (mob action).”
People v. Casciaro, 2015 IL App (2d) 131291 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “Counts I and II charged felony murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 2002)) in that defendant, or one for whom he was legally accountable, while committing or attempting to commit the forcible felony of intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2002)), struck Carrick in the…”
People v. Sanders, 696 N.E.2d 1144 (Ill. 1998). “" The circuit court examined other Illinois statutes, such as those proscribing disorderly conduct (720 ILCS 5/26-1 (West 1996)), mob action (720 ILCS 5/25-1 (West 1996)), intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6 (West 1996)), and telephone harassment (720 ILCS 135/1-1 (West 1996)), "from…”
Ruiz v. Kinsella, 770 F. Supp. 2d 936 (N.D. Ill. 2011). “Limanni, however, as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City, had legal authority to inform Plaintiffs of the City’s legal rights should Plaintiffs’ property continue to violate building codes.”
People v. Snyder, 935 N.E.2d 137 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 3× “Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, Deandra Snyder, pled guilty to intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2008)) and criminal damage to property (720 ILCS 5/21-1(1)(a) (West 2008)), pursuant to a partially negotiated guilty plea.”
People v. Schlabach, 2012 IL App (2d) 100248 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “That conviction was entered under a plea agreement in which he also pleaded guilty to–and received a nine-year sentence for–intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2000)). For the aggravated DUI, he received a sentence of court costs only.”
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— 720 ILCS 5/12-6(a) — 5 cases
Ruiz v. Kinsella, 770 F. Supp. 2d 936 (N.D. Ill. 2011). “Limanni, however, as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City, had legal authority to inform Plaintiffs of the City’s legal rights should Plaintiffs’ property continue to violate building codes.”
Olympian Grp., LLC v. Blevins (N.D. Ill. 2020).
Rose v. City of West Frankfort (S.D. Ill. 2025).
Rose (S.D. Ill. 2026).
People v. Zamudio (Ill. App. Ct. 1997).
— 720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) — 24 cases
People v. Harvey, 813 N.E.2d 181 (Ill. 2004). “1 (West 1996)), aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4(b)(8) (West 1996)), intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) *188 (West 1996)), and unlawful restraint (720 ILCS 5/10-3 (West 1996)).”
People v. Snyder, 959 N.E.2d 656 (Ill. 2011). “¶ 1 Pursuant to a partially negotiated plea, defendant, Deandra Snyder, pled guilty to intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2008)) and criminal damage to property (720 ILCS 5/21-1(1)(a) (West 2008)) and was sentenced to concurrent extended terms of imprisonment of 10 and 6…”
People v. Snyder, 2011 IL 111382 (Ill. 2011). “OPINION ¶1 Pursuant to a partially negotiated plea, defendant, Deandra Snyder, pled guilty to intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2008)) and criminal damage to property (720 ILCS 5/21-1(1)(a) (West 2008)) and was sentenced to concurrent extended terms of imprisonment of 10…”
People v. Casciaro, 2015 IL App (2d) 131291 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “Counts I and II charged felony murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 2002)) in that defendant, or one for whom he was legally accountable, while committing or attempting to commit the forcible felony of intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2002)), struck Carrick in the…”
People v. Snyder, 935 N.E.2d 137 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, Deandra Snyder, pled guilty to intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2008)) and criminal damage to property (720 ILCS 5/21-1(1)(a) (West 2008)), pursuant to a partially negotiated guilty plea.”
— 720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(5) — 3 cases
People v. Rahaman, 2024 IL App (4th) 230105-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
People v. Basurto, 2024 IL App (1st) 221570-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
People v. Smith, 2021 IL App (1st) 191382-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
— 720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(6) — 3 cases
People v. Goossens, 2015 IL 118347 (Ill. 2015).
People v. Goossens, 2015 IL 118347 (Ill. 2015).
People v. Goossens, 2014 IL App (3d) 140360 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
— 720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(i) — 1 case
Sean Gschwind v. Linda Heiden, 692 F.3d 844 (7th Cir. 2012).
— 720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(l) — 1 case
United States v. Kevin Unthank, 109 F.3d 1205 (7th Cir. 1997). “1, based in part upon the defendant’s prior Illinois conviction for the crime of “intimidation,” 720 ILCS 5/12-6, which the court determined was a “crime of violence,” as a matter of federal sentencing law.”
— 720 ILCS 5/12-6(b) — 6 cases
People v. Schlabach, 2012 IL App (2d) 100248 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “That conviction was entered under a plea agreement in which he also pleaded guilty to–and received a nine-year sentence for–intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2000)). For the aggravated DUI, he received a sentence of court costs only.”
People v. Snyder, 935 N.E.2d 137 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, Deandra Snyder, pled guilty to intimidation (720 ILCS 5/12-6(a)(1) (West 2008)) and criminal damage to property (720 ILCS 5/21-1(1)(a) (West 2008)), pursuant to a partially negotiated guilty plea.”
People v. Ferguson, 2024 IL App (4th) 230624-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
People v. Smith, 2021 IL App (1st) 191382-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
People v. Snyder (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).
— 720 ILCS 5/12-6(c)(1)(i) — 1 case
People v. Santa Maria, 2023 IL App (1st) 191607-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
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