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Vehicular Endangerment

VEHICULAR ENDANGERMENT

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CHICAGO, IL VEHICULAR ENDANGERMENT DEFENSE

The relevant law can be found at 720 ILCS 5/12-5.02

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=072000050K12-5.02#:~:text=Vehicular%20endangerment.,a%20highway%20in%20this%20State.

 

Penalty: 

Vehicular endangerment is a Class 2 felony with a penalty of between three and seven years of imprisonment (seven to fourteen years if an extended term is imposed), or four years of probation and a possible $25,000 fine These are the penalties unless you caused someone to die, in which case vehicular endangerment is a Class 1 felony with four to fifteen years of imprisonment (fifteen to thirty years if an extended sentence), Four years of probation instead of incarceration, and a $25,000 fine can also be imposed.

 

Definition:

Vehicular endangerment occurs when you hit a motor vehicle by throwing, dropping, or otherwise making an object fall from an overpass, bridge or other elevated location like a hill or building at or toward the vehicle meaning to hit or impact it while the vehicle is traveling upon a highway or roadway.

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

  • We can try to demonstrate that either you were not there or that it was a case of mistaken identity (someone else did it), or that you did not intend to do it to strike the vehicle. 
  • We can argue that your actions did not meet the level of culpability required. 
  • 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. 


 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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