Illinois Compiled Statutes
720 ILCS 5/12-7.6 (2026)
Cross burning
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(720 ILCS 5/12-7.6)
Sec. 12-7.6. Cross burning.
(a) A person commits cross burning when he or she, with the intent to
intimidate any other person or group of
persons, burns or causes to be burned a cross.
(b) Sentence. Cross burning is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and
a
Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, a person acts with the "intent to
intimidate"
when he or she intentionally places or attempts to place another person in fear
of physical
injury or fear of damage to that other person's property.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2019–2019 · leading case: People v. Maillet, 2019 IL App (2d) 161114 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019).
People v. Maillet, 2019 IL App (2d) 161114 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “) 720 ILCS 5/12-7.6(c) (West 2012). Defendant surmises that the phrase “that other person’s property” must exclude the defendant’s property.”
— 720 ILCS 5/12-7.6(c) — 1 case
People v. Maillet, 2019 IL App (2d) 161114 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “) 720 ILCS 5/12-7.6(c) (West 2012). Defendant surmises that the phrase “that other person’s property” must exclude the defendant’s property.”
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