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720 ILCS 5/18-6 (2026)

Vehicular invasion

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(720 ILCS 5/18-6) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-11.1)
    Sec. 18-6. Vehicular invasion.
    (a) A person commits vehicular invasion when he or she knowingly, by force and without lawful justification, enters or reaches into the interior of a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is occupied by another person or persons, with the intent to commit therein a theft or felony.
    (b) Sentence. Vehicular invasion is a Class 1 felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)


 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 19 heading)
ARTICLE 19. BURGLARY

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2016–2025 · leading case: People v. Walls, 2022 IL App (1st) 200167 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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People v. Walls, 2022 IL App (1st) 200167 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “720 ILCS 5/18-6, 5-2 (West 2018). It is clear that the language “by force and without lawful justification” refers to the manner in which the person charged with this offense “enters or reaches into the interior of a motor vehicle,” and the action by force need not be carried…”
People v. Melecio, 2017 IL App (1st) 141434 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “720 ILCS 5/18-6 (West 2014). The section remained substantively the same, but it made minor grammatical changes, such as substituting "he or she" for "who.”
In re Thomas T., 2016 IL App (1st) 161501 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “¶2 On March 11, 2016, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship that alleged that respondent, on March 7, 2016, had committed the offenses of vehicular invasion, in violation of section 18-6(a) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2012));…”
People v. Walls, 2022 IL App (1st) 200167-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “720 ILCS 5/18-6 (West 2018); 720 ILCS 5/5-2 (West 2018).”
People v. Melecio, 2017 IL App (1st) 141434 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “720 ILCS 5/18-6 (West 2014). The section remained substantively the same, but it made minor grammatical changes, such as substituting “he or she” for “who.”
In re Thomas T., 2016 IL App (1st) 161501 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “¶2 On March 11, 2016, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship that alleged that respondent, on March 7, 2016, had committed the offenses of vehicular invasion, in violation of section 18-6(a) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2012)); No.…”
People v. Padilla, 2023 IL App (2d) 220432 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “OPINION ¶1 After a jury trial, defendant, Angel Padilla, was convicted of two counts of vehicular invasion (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2020)), two counts of domestic battery (id.”
In re Thomas T., 2016 IL App (1st) 161501 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “¶2 On March 11, 2016, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship that alleged that respondent, on March 7, 2016, had committed the offenses of vehicular invasion, in violation of section 18-6(a) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2012)); No.…”
People v. Sloan, 2025 IL App (1st) 221027-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 3× “720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2018). ¶5 At trial, the State called Herndon.”
People v. Pearson, 2024 IL App (1st) 240038-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “BACKGROUND ¶4 Based on an incident occurring on August 15, 2023, defendant was charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a passenger under 16 years of age in the car (720 ILCS 5/18-4(a)(2) (West 2022); three counts of vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS…”
People v. Anderson, 2021 IL App (1st) 192307-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “1-19-2307 ¶3 Defendant was charged by information with five counts arising from an incident on March 6, 2016, including count I for vehicular invasion (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2016)), count II for robbery, counts III and IV for aggravated battery in a public place (720 ILCS…”
People v. McWilliams, 2021 IL App (1st) 181309-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “) 720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2016). Additionally, “[a] person commits burglary when without authority he or she knowingly enters *** a “motor vehicle *** with intent to - 12 - No.”
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In re Thomas T., 2016 IL App (1st) 161501 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “¶2 On March 11, 2016, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship that alleged that respondent, on March 7, 2016, had committed the offenses of vehicular invasion, in violation of section 18-6(a) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2012));…”
In re Thomas T., 2016 IL App (1st) 161501 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “¶2 On March 11, 2016, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship that alleged that respondent, on March 7, 2016, had committed the offenses of vehicular invasion, in violation of section 18-6(a) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2012)); No.…”
People v. Padilla, 2023 IL App (2d) 220432 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “OPINION ¶1 After a jury trial, defendant, Angel Padilla, was convicted of two counts of vehicular invasion (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2020)), two counts of domestic battery (id.”
In re Thomas T., 2016 IL App (1st) 161501 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “¶2 On March 11, 2016, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship that alleged that respondent, on March 7, 2016, had committed the offenses of vehicular invasion, in violation of section 18-6(a) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2012)); No.…”
People v. Sloan, 2025 IL App (1st) 221027-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “720 ILCS 5/18-6(a) (West 2018). ¶5 At trial, the State called Herndon.”
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