(a) Whenever the operator of any motor vehicle fails promptly to bring his motor vehicle to a full stop upon the signal of any officer in uniform or prominently displaying the badge of his office, or disobeys the direction of such officer with relation to the operation of his motor vehicle, he shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars.
(b) No person operating a motor vehicle, when signaled to stop by an officer in a police vehicle using an audible signal device or flashing or revolving lights, shall increase the speed of the motor vehicle in an attempt to escape or elude such police officer. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that, if such violation causes the death or serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, of another person, such person shall be guilty of a class C felony, and shall have such person's motor vehicle operator's license suspended for one year for the first offense, except that the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, after a hearing, as provided for in subsection (i) of section 14-111, and upon a showing of compelling mitigating circumstances, reinstate such person's license before the expiration of such one-year period. For any subsequent offense such person shall be guilty of a class C felony, except that if any prior offense by such person under this subsection caused, and such subsequent offense causes, the death or serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, of another person, such person shall be guilty of a class C felony for which one year of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and shall have such person's motor vehicle operator's license suspended for not less than eighteen months nor more than two years, except that said commissioner may, after a hearing, as provided for in subsection (i) of section 14-111, and upon a showing of compelling mitigating circumstances, reinstate such person's license before such period.
(1949 Rev., S. 2409; P.A. 78-372, S. 3, 7; P.A. 82-189; 82-223, S. 15; P.A. 83-577, S. 21; P.A. 96-99; P.A. 99-171, S. 4, 5; P.A. 09-191, S. 1; P.A. 10-3, S. 62; P.A. 11-213, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 78-372 added Subsec. (b) re attempts to elude police vehicles; P.A. 82-189 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting the reference to intentional disregard and endangerment and increasing the minimum penalties from a minimum fine of $100 to $500 and a minimum license suspension from two months to one year for a first offense and a minimum fine from $500 to $1,000 and a minimum license suspension from six to eighteen months for a subsequent offense; P.A. 82-223 amended Subsec. (a) by specifying that the commission of a first offense constituted an infraction, changing the fine from not less than $5 nor more than $25 to $25 for a first offense, and increasing the minimum fine for a subsequent offense from $10 to $25; P.A. 83-577 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing the fine for a first offense from $25 to $35 and the minimum fine for a subsequent offense from $25 to $35; P.A. 96-99 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing the maximum fine from $1,000 to $2,000 and establishing a term of imprisonment of not more than one year for a first offense and by establishing a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years for a subsequent offense; P.A. 99-171 amended Subsec. (b) by making a violation of this section a class A misdemeanor and deleting specific fine limits and prison terms, by increasing the penalty for violation of this section when such violation causes death or serious injury, by providing for an additional penalty when there is more than one violation of this section causing death or serious injury, and by making technical changes, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 09-191 amended Subsec. (b) to increase from a class D felony to a class C felony the penalty for first offense that causes death or serious physical injury, increase from a class D felony to a class C felony the penalty for any subsequent offense and increase from a class D felony with a 1-year mandatory minimum sentence to a class C felony with a 1-year mandatory minimum sentence the penalty for any subsequent offense that causes death or serious physical injury where prior offense also caused death or serious physical injury; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (a) to replace fine of $35 for first offense and not less than $35 nor more than $50 for subsequent offense with fine of $50, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 11-213 amended Subsec. (b) to replace references to Sec. 14-111(k) with references to Sec. 14-111(i).
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 385.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 202 C. 629; 222 C. 444.
Cited. 33 CA 49; 40 CA 762. Sec. 53a-57(a) and this Subsec. contain multiple elements that are dissimilar, and the clear language of the statutes themselves is sufficient for a conclusion that they do not impose two punishments for the same act. 84 CA 351.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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13 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case:
State v. Daniel G., 84 A.3d 9 (Conn. App. Ct. 2014).
State v. Daniel G., 84 A.3d 9 (Conn. App. Ct. 2014).
· cites it 46× “, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of increasing the speed of a motor vehicle in an attempt to escape or elude a police officer in violation of General Statutes § 14-223 (b) and interfering with a police officer in violation of General…”
State v. Fagan, 905 A.2d 1101 (Conn. 2006).
· cites it 12× “The defendant, Damon Fagan, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of criminal violation of a protective order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223, 1 one count of reckless driving in violation of General Statutes § 14-222, 2 and…”
State v. Browne, 854 A.2d 13 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004).
· cites it 16× “” General Statutes § 14-223 (b). Section 14-223 requires only the general intent to escape or to elude a police officer signaling the operator of a motor vehicle to stop.”
McCoy v. Comm'r of Pub. Saf., 12 A.3d 948 (Conn. 2011).
· cites it 10× “For instance, the legislature has classified selling or repairing a motor vehicle without a license as a class B misdemeanor under General Statutes § 14-52, selling used motor vehicle parts without a motor vehicle recy-cler’s permit as a class C misdemeanor under General…”
Egri v. Foisie, 848 A.2d 1266 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004).
· cites it 4× “Rather than stopping, as required by General Statutes § 14-223, the drivers continued on until the plaintiffs motorcycle collided with one operated by David D.”
Bunkley v. Comm'r of Corr., 610 A.2d 598 (Conn. 1992).
· cites it 2× “In August, 1982, the petitioner was arrested and was later charged with three counts of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3), two counts of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (3), and one count…”
State v. Payne, 996 A.2d 302 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
· cites it 4× “The defendant, Frederick Payne, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-103 and 53a-8 (a), larceny in the fifth degree as an accessory in violation of General…”
State v. Bowens, 982 A.2d 1089 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009).
· cites it 3× “§ 53a-217 (a) (1); possession of narcotics with intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 2 la-277 (a); possession of narcotics with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b); possession of a weapon in a motor…”
State v. Bunkley, 522 A.2d 795 (Conn. 1987).
· cites it 2× “The first count charged the defendant with engaging police in pursuit in violation of General Statutes § 14-223 (b); the next three counts charged the defendant with manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3); 1 and the fifth and sixth…”
Fowler v. Valencourt, 435 S.E.2d 530 (N.C. 1993).
· cites it 2× “C.G.S. § 14-223. Another police officer who had arrived at the scene handcuffed plaintiff and seated her in his patrol car.”
State v. Washington, 668 S.E.2d 622 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 3× “C.G.S. § 14-223 provides that, "[i]f any person shall willfully and unlawfully resist, delay or obstruct a public officer in discharging or attempting to discharge a duty of his office, he shall be guilty of a Class *628 2 misdemeanor.”
State v. Biggs, 171 A.3d 457 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017).
· cites it 2× “it larceny in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 (a) and 53a-123 (a) (3) ; larceny in the third degree as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-124 (a) (2) 2 and 53a-8 (a) ; conspiracy to commit larceny in the third degree in violation of…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-223(a) — 1 case
McCoy v. Comm'r of Pub. Saf., 12 A.3d 948 (Conn. 2011).
“For instance, the legislature has classified selling or repairing a motor vehicle without a license as a class B misdemeanor under General Statutes § 14-52, selling used motor vehicle parts without a motor vehicle recy-cler’s permit as a class C misdemeanor under General…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-223(b) — 4 cases
State v. Fagan, 905 A.2d 1101 (Conn. 2006).
“The defendant, Damon Fagan, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of criminal violation of a protective order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223, 1 one count of reckless driving in violation of General Statutes § 14-222, 2 and…”
McCoy v. Comm'r of Pub. Saf., 12 A.3d 948 (Conn. 2011).
“For instance, the legislature has classified selling or repairing a motor vehicle without a license as a class B misdemeanor under General Statutes § 14-52, selling used motor vehicle parts without a motor vehicle recy-cler’s permit as a class C misdemeanor under General…”
State v. Payne, 996 A.2d 302 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
“The defendant, Frederick Payne, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-103 and 53a-8 (a), larceny in the fifth degree as an accessory in violation of General…”
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