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KRS 520.100

Fleeing or evading police in the second degree

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case United States v. Sturgill (1977)

Most recently applied in Chatman v. Commonwealth (November 2018)

Effective: July 15, 2024 History: Amended 2024 Ky

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(1) A person is guilty of fleeing or evading police in the second degree when:

(a) As a pedestrian, and with intent to elude or flee the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a direction to stop given by a person recognized to be a peace officer who has an articulable reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed by the person fleeing, and in fleeing or eluding the person is the cause of physical injury to any person; or (b) While operating a motor vehicle with intent to elude or flee, the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a recognized direction to stop his or her vehicle, given by a person recognized to be a peace officer.

(2) No offense is committed under this section when the conduct involved constitutes a failure to comply with a directive of a traffic control officer.

(3) Fleeing or evading police in the second degree is a Class D felony and the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least fifty percent (50%) of the sentence imposed.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.