Arrest For Obstruction In Chicago
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Obstructing identification is a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 96-335, eff. 1-1-10.)
Obstruction is a broad crime that may include acts such as perjury, making false statements to officials, witness tampering, jury tampering, destruction of evidence, and many others.
Obstruction of justice is a Class 4 felony and punishable by 1 – 3 years in prison. Obstructing justice in relation to street gang activity, as defined in Section 10 of Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, is a Class 3 felony. It is punishable by 2 – 5 years in prison.
At its core, obstruction of justice, involves any act that interferes with the proper functioning of the legal system or the investigation of a crime. This interference can manifest in various forms, such as witness tampering, destruction of evidence, lying to investigators, or obstructing court proceedings.
Resisting arrest is one of the most common forms of obstruction of justice. Anyone who obstructs or resists a law enforcement officer trying to perform their duties has technically resisted arrest. The severity of the punishment depends on whether the person used violence in their resistance.
Any person who shall wilfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct or delay or who shall wilfully and unnecessarily attempt to hinder, obstruct or delay any other person in lawfully driving or travelling along or upon any street or who shall offer to barter or sell any merchandise or service on the street so as to ...
An obstruction blocks things, like a roadblock prevents drivers to enter a street or a piece of food cuts off your windpipe. All types of obstructions block things. If you put a shelf in your doorway, that would be an obstruction: people would have a hard time getting around it.
