Section 14-223 - Failing to stop when signaled or disobeying direction of officer. Increasing speed in attempt to escape or elude officer(a) Whenever the operator of any motor vehicle fails promptly to bring his motor vehicle to a full stop upon the signal of any officer in uniform or prominently displaying the badge of his office, or disobeys the direction of such officer with relation to the operation of his motor vehicle, he shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars.(b) No person operating a motor vehicle, when signaled to stop by an officer in a police vehicle using an audible signal device or flashing or revolving lights, shall increase the speed of the motor vehicle in an attempt to escape or elude such police officer. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that, if such violation causes the death or serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, of another person, such person shall be guilty of a class C felony, and shall have such person's motor vehicle operator's license suspended for one year for the first offense, except that the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, after a hearing, as provided for in subsection (i) of section 14111, and upon a showing of compelling mitigating circumstances, reinstate such person's license before the expiration of such oneyear period. For any subsequent offense such person shall be guilty of a class C felony, except that if any prior offense by such person under this subsection caused, and such subsequent offense causes, the death or serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, of another person, such person shall be guilty of a class C felony for which one year of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and shall have such person's motor vehicle operator's license suspended for not less than eighteen months nor more than two years, except that said commissioner may, after a hearing, as provided for in subsection (i) of section 14111, and upon a showing of compelling mitigating circumstances, reinstate such person's license before such period.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-223
(1949 Rev., S. 2409; P.A. 78-372, S. 3, 7; P.A. 82-189; 82-223, S. 15; P.A. 83-577, S. 21; P.A. 96-99; P.A. 99-171, S. 4, 5; P.A. 09-191, S. 1; P.A. 10-3, S. 62; P.A. 11-213, S. 35.)
Amended by P.A. 11-0213, S. 35 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2011.Amended by P.A. 10-0003, S. 62 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 4/14/2010.Amended by P.A. 09-0191, S. 1 of the the 2009 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2009. Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 385. Subsec. (b): Cited. 202 Conn. 629; 222 Conn. 444. Cited. 33 Conn.App. 49; 40 Conn.App. 762. Sec. 53a-57(a) and this Subsec. contain multiple elements that are dissimilar, and the clear language of the statutes themselves is sufficient for a conclusion that they do not impose two punishments for the same act. 84 CA 351.
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.