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Vehicular Invasion

VEHICULAR INVASION

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CHICAGO, IL VEHICULAR INVASION DEFENSE

The relevant law can be found at 720 ILCS 5/18-6

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=072000050K18-6#:~:text=Sec.,therein%20a%20theft%20or%20felony.

 

Penalties:

This is a Class 1 felony with a sentence of between four and fifteen years of incarceration (fifteen to thirty years for an extended sentence), with a possible $25,000 fine. Four years of probation may be possible instead of imprisonment.

 

Definition:

The offense of vehicular invasion is that of knowingly reaching inside or going into a motor vehicle by force and lacking legal justification while someone is inside the vehicle, meaning to commit therein a theft or felony.

How we can defend you against a charge of vehicular invasion:

  • We can show that either you were not there or that it was a case of mistaken identity (someone else did it). 
  • We can argue that your actions did not meet the level of culpability required. Perhaps you did not mean to reach or go into the vehicle in the way police and prosecutors allege.
  • We can file “motions to suppress” relevant evidence that you were there if that was wrongfully obtained against your rights or someone else’s or if it is questionable, thereby making it inadmissible and thereby clearing you or by minimizing the prosecution’s case so they concede or negotiate. 
  • If such evidence is admitted, we can argue at trial that the evidence or testimony is incorrect or fabricated against you and therefore should give the jurors a reasonable doubt. 
  • We might claim you had a legitimate reason for reaching into the vehicle or going into the vehicle. We might show you were only taking back something that belonged to you in the first place.


 Prosecutors do not like to waste taxpayer's money on expensive public trials; we can possibly wrap things up in pretrial phase or if not, start negotiating from there for lesser charges and sentences for you. This is where having an experienced attorney to represent you and negotiate and speak for you can save years of your life and tens of thousands of fines and/or foregone income. It is worth it, and you deserve a good defense,


Other lawyers so often talk of how they will “aggressively fight for you.” They are doing nothing more than basically quoting from the American Bar Association’s Rules of Professional Conduct about the principle of a “lawyer's obligation zealously to protect and pursue a client's legitimate interests, within the bounds of the law.” When you hire Phillip Haddad as your criminal defense attorney in Chicago or elsewhere in its suburban area, he will not only do his professional duty to zealously represent you but will get you the justice you deserve. His extensive experience in criminal defense will help you avoid conviction or else minimize the penalties. Call criminal defense attorney Phillip Haddad at 708-833-3505 as soon as possible if you are in legal trouble.

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