Illinois Compiled Statutes
720 ILCS 5/4-4 (2026)
Intent
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(720 ILCS 5/4-4)
(from Ch. 38, par. 4-4)
Sec. 4-4.
Intent.
A person intends, or acts intentionally or with intent, to accomplish a
result or engage in conduct described by the statute defining the offense,
when his conscious objective or purpose is to accomplish that result or
engage in that conduct.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 41
cases (17 in the last 5 years), 1994–2024 · leading case: People v. Lattimore, 955 N.E.2d 1244 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
People v. Lattimore, 955 N.E.2d 1244 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “" 720 ILCS 5/4-4 (West 2008). A person "acts knowingly" if "he is consciously aware that his conduct is of such nature" that it is "practically certain" to cause the result proscribed by the offense.”
People v. Moore, 2021 IL App (1st) 172811 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “So it would be odd if the word “intention” did not mean “intent,” a term quite familiar to the criminal law. ¶ 175 That brings us to the word “design” within the phrase “single intention and design.”
People v. Green, 2016 IL App (1st) 134011 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “" 720 ILCS 5/4-4 (West 2012); People v. Renteria, 232 Ill.”
People v. Williams, 737 N.E.2d 230 (Ill. 2000). “" 720 ILCS 5/4-4 (West 1996). Thus, according to defendant, the language of section 9-1(b)(11), on its face, effectively permits a finding of death eligibility in all cases of first degree, intentional murder.”
People v. Kasp, 815 N.E.2d 809 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “720 ILCS 5/ 4-4, 4-5 (West 2002). In contrast, a person acts recklessly when he simply "consciously disregards" a substantial risk that a result will follow.”
People v. Stevenson, 2014 IL App (4th) 130313 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “We conclude the trial court’s explanation was an inartful attempt to articulate a distinction between the indictment’s language and an allegation defendant intentionally caused L.”
People v. Kirkpatrick, 2020 IL App (5th) 160422 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 720 ILCS 5/4-4 (West 2014). Because an intent to kill or injure is a state of mind that is generally not proven by direct evidence, such an intent may be inferred from the character of the defendant’s acts and the circumstances surrounding their commission.”
People v. Miller, 2024 IL App (1st) 240588 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “720 ILCS 5/4-4, 9- 1(a)(1) (West 2022). The court also commented that defendant “kn[e]w[ ] that [his] fist [wa]s going 13 No.”
People v. Easley, 680 N.E.2d 776 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “Possession of drug paraphernalia and cannabis is against the laws of the State of Illinois. The prosecutor in this case proved that the defendants possessed these items.”
People v. Maggio, 2017 IL App (4th) 150287 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 720 ILCS 5/4-4 (West 2010). A person acts knowingly when: “(a) The nature or attendant circumstances of his or her conduct, described by the statute defining the offense, when he or she is consciously aware that his or her conduct is of that nature or that those circumstances…”
People v. Grever, 819 N.E.2d 6 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “" 720 ILCS 5/4-4 (West 2002). In order to prove that it was defendant's conscious objective or purpose to omit the debt owed to the township from the full statements of the financial affairs of the township, the State had to prove that defendant knew about the debt owed to the…”
People v. Reynolds, 832 N.E.2d 512 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “" 720 ILCS 5/4-4 (West 2002). Thus, the allegation of defendant's entry into the dwelling with the intent to commit an act of sexual conduct with a person includes an allegation that defendant had the conscious objective to victimize a person he encounters within the dwelling.”
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