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625 ILCS 5/11-204 (2026)

Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer

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(625 ILCS 5/11-204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204)
    Sec. 11-204. Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.
    (a) Any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who, having been given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer directing such driver or operator to bring his vehicle to a stop, wilfully fails or refuses to obey such direction, increases his speed, extinguishes his lights, or otherwise flees or attempts to elude the officer, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. The signal given by the peace officer may be by hand, voice, siren, red or blue light. Provided, the officer giving such signal shall be in police uniform, and, if driving a vehicle, such vehicle shall display illuminated oscillating, rotating or flashing red or blue lights which when used in conjunction with an audible horn or siren would indicate the vehicle to be an official police vehicle. Such requirement shall not preclude the use of amber or white oscillating, rotating or flashing lights in conjunction with red or blue oscillating, rotating or flashing lights as required in Section 12-215 of Chapter 12.
    (b) Upon receiving notice of such conviction the Secretary of State shall suspend the drivers license of the person so convicted for a period of not more than 6 months for a first conviction and not more than 12 months for a second conviction.
    (c) A third or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 93-120, eff. 1-1-04.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 49 cases (24 in the last 5 years), 2004–2026 · leading case: People v. Williams, 2015 IL App (1st) 133582 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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People v. Williams, 2015 IL App (1st) 133582 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2012). Because the officer who stopped James Williams was out of uniform and in civilian clothes, Williams challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.”
People v. Cavitt, 2019 IL App (2d) 170149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “” 625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2012). For the following reasons, we reject his argument.”
People v. Maxey, 2016 IL App (1st) 130698 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “" 625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2010). ¶ 128 Aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is committed by any driver who flees or attempts to elude a peace officer, after being given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer in the manner prescribed in subsection…”
People v. McKee, 2022 IL App (2d) 210624 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 3× “OPINION ¶1 Following a bench trial, defendant, Quinton James McKee, was convicted of obstructing a peace officer (720 ILCS 5/31-1(a) (West 2020)), fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer (625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2020)), speeding (id.”
People v. Davidson, 2023 IL App (2d) 230344 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “See generally 625 ILCS 5/11-204, 11-204.1 (West 2022). If the legislature intended that a bond court judge could find a likelihood of willful flight only in the limited circumstance when the defendant is charged with fleeing and eluding, it stands to reason that the General…”
People v. Pinkett, 2023 IL 127223 (Ill. 2023). “625 ILCS 5/11-204, 11-204.1(a)(1) (West 2016).”
United States v. Womack, 610 F.3d 427 (7th Cir. 2010). “1(a) also cross-references 625 ILCS 5/11-204 (the unaggravated version of the offense), we provide the text of that statute as well: Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.”
People v. Lipscomb, 2013 IL App (1st) 120530 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 4× “¶ 12 Clearly, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer (625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2010)) is a lesser included offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer (625 ILCS 5/11-204.”
People v. Torrance, 2020 IL App (2d) 180246 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2016). To elevate the offense to aggravated fleeing and eluding, as charged and found here, the State must also prove that, after the signal is given, the driver’s flight or attempt to elude involve disobeying two or more official traffic control…”
People v. Hansen, 2019 IL App (3d) 170302 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “” 625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2014). ¶ 15 Defendant relies on People v.”
Am. Ctr. for Excellence in Surgical Assisting Inc. v. Cmty. Coll. Dist. 502, 315 F. Supp. 3d 1044 (E.D. Ill. 2018). “) (holding that a statute providing that a police officer "driving a vehicle" and signaling a motorist to stop " shall display illuminated oscillating, rotating or flashing red or blue lights" requires that "the signal to stop in [that] situation must , at minimum, be in the…”
People v. Bates, 2024 IL App (4th) 230011 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “¶ 16 The Illinois Vehicle Code (Code) (625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2020)) defines fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer as follows: “Any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who, having been given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer directing such driver or…”
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625 ILCS 5/11-204(a): 41 cases
People v. Williams, 2015 IL App (1st) 133582 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2012). Because the officer who stopped James Williams was out of uniform and in civilian clothes, Williams challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.”
People v. Cavitt, 2019 IL App (2d) 170149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “” 625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2012). For the following reasons, we reject his argument.”
People v. Maxey, 2016 IL App (1st) 130698 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “" 625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2010). ¶ 128 Aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is committed by any driver who flees or attempts to elude a peace officer, after being given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer in the manner prescribed in subsection…”
People v. McKee, 2022 IL App (2d) 210624 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “OPINION ¶1 Following a bench trial, defendant, Quinton James McKee, was convicted of obstructing a peace officer (720 ILCS 5/31-1(a) (West 2020)), fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer (625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2020)), speeding (id.”
People v. Lipscomb, 2013 IL App (1st) 120530 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “¶ 12 Clearly, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer (625 ILCS 5/11-204(a) (West 2010)) is a lesser included offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer (625 ILCS 5/11-204.”
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