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720 ILCS 5/15-7 (2026)

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(720 ILCS 5/15-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 15-7)
    Sec. 15-7. Obtain.
    As used in this Part C, "obtain" means:
    (a) In relation to property, to bring about a transfer of interest or possession, whether to the offender or to another, and
    (b) In relation to labor or services, to secure the performance thereof.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2001–2015 · leading case: People v. Rohlfs, 752 N.E.2d 499 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001).
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People v. Rohlfs, 752 N.E.2d 499 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “" 720 ILCS 5/15-7(a) (West 1998). The jury was instructed on this definition of "obtain.”
People v. Walton, 2013 IL App (3d) 110630 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “” 720 ILCS 5/15-7 (West 2010). Thus, subsection (a)(4) proscribes only the initial act by which a defendant first gains control of the property.”
People v. Owsley, 2013 IL App (1st) 111975 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “Moreover, a defendant “obtains control” over a property when he transfers an interest in that property to himself (720 ILCS 5/15-7, 15-8 (West 2000)), and the State presented evidence showing that defendant obtained control over Theodore’s properties by engineering the transfer…”
People v. Rohlfs (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “" 720 ILCS 5/15-7(a) (West 1998). The jury was instructed on this definition of "obtain.”
People v. Murphy, 2015 IL App (4th) 130265 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “" 720 ILCS 5/15-7 (West 2010). Here, the permanent-deprivation element had already been -5- completed when defendant entered the pawnshop.”
— 720 ILCS 5/15-7(a) — 2 cases
People v. Rohlfs, 752 N.E.2d 499 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “" 720 ILCS 5/15-7(a) (West 1998). The jury was instructed on this definition of "obtain.”
People v. Rohlfs (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “" 720 ILCS 5/15-7(a) (West 1998). The jury was instructed on this definition of "obtain.”
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