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720 ILCS 5/15-8 (2026)

Obtains control

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(720 ILCS 5/15-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 15-8)
    Sec. 15-8. Obtains control. As used in this Part C, the phrase "obtains or exerts control" over property, includes but is not limited to the taking, carrying away, or the sale, conveyance, or transfer of title to, or interest in, or possession of property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2002–2020 · leading case: People v. Oglesby, 2016 IL App (1st) 141477 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
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People v. Oglesby, 2016 IL App (1st) 141477 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “For purposes of theft, the concept of obtaining or exerting control “includes but is not limited to the taking, carrying away, or the sale, conveyance, or transfer of title to, or interest in, or possession of property.”
People v. Oglesby, 2016 IL App (1st) 141477 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “For purposes of theft, the concept of obtaining or exerting control “includes but is not limited to the taking, carrying away, or the sale, conveyance, or transfer of title to, or interest in, or possession of property.”
People v. Walton, 2013 IL App (3d) 110630 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “) 720 ILCS 5/15-8 (West 2010). ¶ 27 Possession of stolen property under subsection (a)(1) is a continuing crime.”
People v. Farr, 2020 IL App (1st) 171514-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “’ 720 ILCS 5/15-8 ( West 2010 ). This concept applies ‘to the initial taking or carrying away - 22 - 1-17-1514 [citation], and *** the unauthorized possession need not begin at the time of the original taking.”
People v. Graves, 773 N.E.2d 1243 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “" 720 ILCS 5/15-8 (West 1998). Thus, properly understood, theft by deception is not a "separate offense" but is a particular manner of obtaining unauthorized control.”
People v. Jenkins (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “” 720 ILCS 5/15-8 (West 2004). However, the legislature amended article 16 of the Code in 2000 to create the two new possession statutes, which contain language different from and more specific than those contained in section 16-1(a)(4).”
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