Illinois Compiled Statutes
720 ILCS 550/16 (2026)
It is not necessary for the State to negate any exemption or exception in this Act in any complaint, information, indictment or other pleading or in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding under this Act
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(720 ILCS 550/16)
(from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 716)
Sec. 16.
It is not necessary for the State to negate any exemption or exception
in this Act in any complaint, information, indictment or other pleading or
in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding under this Act. The burden of
proof of any exemption or exception is upon the person claiming it.
(Source: P.A. 77-758.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2021 · leading case: People v. Bruemmer, 2021 IL App (4th) 190877 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
People v. Bruemmer, 2021 IL App (4th) 190877 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “Sometimes the General Assembly expressly allocates burdens of proof for exceptions (see 720 ILCS 5/24-2(h) (West 2020); 720 ILCS 570/506 (West 2020); 720 ILCS 550/16 (West 2020)) and sometimes it does not (see 720 ILCS 5/11-1.”
People v. Cannon, 2015 IL App (3d) 130672 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “56½, ¶ 716 (now 720 ILCS 550/16 (West 2012)))). Where a criminal statute contains an exemption and the legislature has not set forth a provision within the statute allocating the burden of persuasion as to the exemption, we presume that the burden is on the State, not the…”
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