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720 ILCS 5/2-15 (2026)

"Person"

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(720 ILCS 5/2-15) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-15)
    Sec. 2-15. "Person". "Person" means an individual, natural person, public or private corporation, government, partnership, unincorporated association, or other entity.
(Source: P.A. 97-597, eff. 1-1-12.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2007–2016 · leading case: Doe 20 v. Bd. of Educ. of the Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 5, 680 F. Supp. 2d 957 (C.D. Ill. 2010).
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Doe 20 v. Bd. of Educ. of the Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 5, 680 F. Supp. 2d 957 (C.D. Ill. 2010). “Plaintiffs contend that the School District is a “person” as defined in 720 ILCS 5/2-15, the Illinois hate crime statute.”
People v. Jackson, 2016 IL App (1st) 133823 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “(citing 720 ILCS 5/2-15 (West 2002) (defining “person”)).”
People ex rel. City of Chicago v. Le Mirage, Inc., 2013 IL App (1st) 93547 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “720 ILCS 5/2-15, 5-4, 5-5 (West 2002). Specifically, section 5-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 provides in pertinent part that a person “is legally accountable for conduct which is an element of an offense and which, in the name or in behalf of a corporation, he performs or…”
People v. Jackson, 2016 IL App (1st) 133823 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “(citing 720 ILCS 5/2-15 (West 2002) (defining “person”)).”
People v. Le Mirage, Inc., 2013 IL App (1st) 093547-B (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “720 ILCS 5/2-15, 5-4, 5-5 (West 2002). Specifically, section 5-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 provides in pertinent part that a person "is legally accountable for conduct which is an element of an offense and which, in the name or in behalf of a corporation, he performs or…”
People v. Pryor (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “720 ILCS 5/2-15 (West 2002). The Code further defines “another” as a person or persons 18 1-04-3434 as defined in the Code other than the offender.”
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