Illinois § 9-1 First degree murder

Illinois Statutes

§ 9-1 — First degree murder

Illinois § 9-1

JurisdictionIllinois

TopicRIGHTS AND REMEDIES

Ch. 720CRIMINAL OFFENSES

Act 720 ILCS 5/Criminal Code of 2012.

Art.Title III - Specific Offenses

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Bluebook

720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 9-1 (2026).

Text

(a)A person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits first degree murder if, in performing the acts which cause the death:

(1)he or she either intends to kill or do great bodily harm to that individual or another, or knows that such acts will cause death to that individual or another; or (2) he or she knows that such acts create a strong probability of death or great bodily harm to that individual or another; or (3) he or she, acting alone or with one or more participants, commits or attempts to commit a forcible felony other than second degree murder, and in the course of or in furtherance of such crime or flight therefrom, he or she or another participant causes the death of a person.

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(a) A person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits first degree murder if, in performing the acts which cause the death: (1) he or she either intends to kill or do great bodily harm to that individual or another, or knows that such acts will cause death to that individual or another; or (2) he or she knows that such acts create a strong probability of death or great bodily harm to that individual or another; or (3) he or she, acting alone or with one or more participants, commits or attempts to commit a forcible felony other than second degree murder, and in the course of or in furtherance of such crime or flight therefrom, he or she or another participant causes the death of a person. (b) (Blank). (b-5) (Blank). (c) (Blank). (d) (Blank). (e) (Blank). (f) (Blank). (g) (Blank). (h) (Blank). (h-5) (Blank). (i) (Blank). (j) (Blank). (k) (Blank).