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720 ILCS 5/2-2 (2026)

"Act"

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(720 ILCS 5/2-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-2)
    Sec. 2-2. "Act".
    "Act" includes a failure or omission to take action.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2009–2025 · leading case: People v. Gordon, 948 N.E.2d 282 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
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People v. Gordon, 948 N.E.2d 282 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “2d 236 , the Second District distinguished the facts in Stoudt, which were based on a resisting charge, and recognized that section 31-1(a) of the Code could also include "a failure or omission to take action" (720 ILCS 5/2-2 (West 2002)) as constituting an "act" under the…”
United States Ex Rel. Russell v. Gaetz, 628 F. Supp. 2d 820 (N.D. Ill. 2009). “The “meat” of his argument, however, is that the Illinois accountability statute, 720 ILCS 5/2-2(c), requires proof of the defendant’s specific intent to promote or facilitate a crime, and that because the evidence presented in his case was insufficient to show that he had that…”
People v. Myers, 2022 IL App (4th) 200592-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 720 ILCS 5/2-2 (West 2018). “Failure” means “a failing to perform a duty or expected action.”
People v. Myers, 2025 IL App (5th) 240822-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “¶¶ 65-67 (citing 720 ILCS 5/2-2 (West 2018); People v. Stanciel, 153 Ill.”
People v. Houston, 2025 IL App (4th) 240562-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “” 720 ILCS 5/2-2 (West 2020). The Criminal Code additionally provides that “a voluntary act” includes “an omission to perform a duty.”
People v. Gordon (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “3d at 227 , the Second District distinguished the facts in Stoudt, which were based on a resisting charge, and recognized that section 31-1(a) of the Code could also include “a failure or omission to take action” (720 ILCS 5/2-2 (West 2002)) as constituting an “act” under the…”
— 720 ILCS 5/2-2(c) — 1 case
United States Ex Rel. Russell v. Gaetz, 628 F. Supp. 2d 820 (N.D. Ill. 2009). “The “meat” of his argument, however, is that the Illinois accountability statute, 720 ILCS 5/2-2(c), requires proof of the defendant’s specific intent to promote or facilitate a crime, and that because the evidence presented in his case was insufficient to show that he had that…”
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