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720 ILCS 5/18-3 (2026)

Vehicular hijacking

✓ current as of May 2026 Cite as: 720 ILCS 5/18-3 (2026)
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(720 ILCS 5/18-3)
    Sec. 18-3. Vehicular hijacking.
    (a) A person commits vehicular hijacking when he or she knowingly takes a motor vehicle from the person or the immediate presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force.
    (b) Sentence. Vehicular hijacking is a Class 1 felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 63 cases (16 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: People v. Reese
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People v. Reese (2017) ill · cites it 9× “(adding 720 ILCS 5/18-3, 18-4) ) and increasing the penalty for vehicular hijacking to a Class 1 felony ( id.”
People v. Cooksey (1999) illappct · cites it 10× “Justice BURKE delivered the opinion of the court: Following a jury trial, defendant Toijuan Cooksey was convicted of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 1996)) and vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-3 (West 1996)) and sentenced to concurrent terms of 7 years' and 10 years'…”
People v. Harris (2017) illappct · cites it 3× “) 720 ILCS 5/18-3 (West 2012). Section 18-4(a) sets forth a number of additional circumstances that will elevate the offense to aggravated vehicular hijacking.”
People v. Clark (2016) ill · cites it 2× “2 The appellate court “recognize[d] that the trial court intended to afford defendant ‘some deference and benefit of the doubt and justice’ by acquitting him of the charged offenses,” but the appellate court nonetheless determined that the convictions for the uncharged offenses…”
People v. Reese (2015) illappct · cites it 5× “13, 1993) (adding 720 ILCS 5/18-3, 18-4) (creating the offenses of vehicular hijacking and aggravated vehicular hijacking).”
People v. Roberts (2000) illappct · cites it 2× “Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant Gerry Roberts (Roberts) was convicted of vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-3(a)(West 1994)) in a bench trial on April 8, 1995.”
People v. Fretch (2017) illappct “3d 170 (1987), address, respectively, the element of “immediate presence” in the vehicular-hijacking statute (720 ILCS 5/18-3(a) (West 2004)) and the element of “presence” in the robbery statute (Ill.”
People v. Jamison (2001) ill “At the same time, the legislature enacted laws creating the offenses of vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-3 (West 1994)) and aggravated vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-4 (West 1994)).”
People v. Grayer (2022) illappct · cites it 2× “” 720 ILCS 5/18-3(a) (West 2020). A defendant commits the offense of attempt when “with intent to commit a specific offense, he or she does any act that constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of that offense.”
People v. Burnett (2016) illappct “” 720 ILCS 5/18-3(a) (West 2008). ¶ 42 The holding in People v.”
People v. Tabb (2007) illappct “Finally, in order to sustain a charge of aggravated battery with a firearm, the State must prove that the defendant "knowingly or intentionally" caused injury to another person by means of discharging a firearm. 720 ILCS 5/12-4.2(a) (West 2004).”
People v. McCarter (2011) illappct “) 720 ILCS 5/18-3(a) (West 2008). ¶ 72 The defendant contends that in order to "take" a motor car from another, a defendant must physically remove the owner from the car or dispossess the owner of the car from his car.”
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— 720 ILCS 5/18-3(a) — 37 cases
People v. Reese (2017) ill “(adding 720 ILCS 5/18-3, 18-4) ) and increasing the penalty for vehicular hijacking to a Class 1 felony ( id.”
People v. Cooksey (1999) illappct “Justice BURKE delivered the opinion of the court: Following a jury trial, defendant Toijuan Cooksey was convicted of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 1996)) and vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-3 (West 1996)) and sentenced to concurrent terms of 7 years' and 10 years'…”
People v. Reese (2015) illappct “13, 1993) (adding 720 ILCS 5/18-3, 18-4) (creating the offenses of vehicular hijacking and aggravated vehicular hijacking).”
People v. Roberts (2000) illappct “Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant Gerry Roberts (Roberts) was convicted of vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-3(a)(West 1994)) in a bench trial on April 8, 1995.”
People v. Fretch (2017) illappct “3d 170 (1987), address, respectively, the element of “immediate presence” in the vehicular-hijacking statute (720 ILCS 5/18-3(a) (West 2004)) and the element of “presence” in the robbery statute (Ill.”
— 720 ILCS 5/18-3(b) — 4 cases
People v. Grayer (2022) illappct “” 720 ILCS 5/18-3(a) (West 2020). A defendant commits the offense of attempt when “with intent to commit a specific offense, he or she does any act that constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of that offense.”
People v. Monroe (2024) illappct
People v. Franklin (2019) illappct
People v. McClendon (2024) illappct
— 720 ILCS 5/18-3(c) — 2 cases
People v. Reese (2017) ill “(adding 720 ILCS 5/18-3, 18-4) ) and increasing the penalty for vehicular hijacking to a Class 1 felony ( id.”
People v. Woodson (2024) illappct
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