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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-111: Second degree escape

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 5
  3. Chapter 54
  4. Subchapter 1

(a) A person commits the offense of second degree escape if he or she: (1) At any time, including from the point of departure from confinement to the return to confinement, uses or threatens to use physical force in escaping from custody; (2) Having been found guilty of a felony, escapes from custody; (3) Escapes from a correctional facility; (4) Escapes from a juvenile detention facility; or (5) Escapes from a youth services program. (b) (1) Second degree escape is a Class B felony if, at the time of the escape, the person is in the custody of: (A) The Division of Correction; (B) The Division of Community Correction; or (C) A law enforcement agency. (2) Otherwise second degree escape is a Class D felony. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 677, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2811; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2811; Acts 1997, No. 1229, § 4; 1997, No. 1299, § 4; 2003, No. 1348, § 2; 2005, No. 1994, § 255; 2009, No. 478, § 2.

(a) A person commits the offense of second degree escape if he or she: (1) At any time, including from the point of departure from confinement to the return to confinement, uses or threatens to use physical force in escaping from custody; (2) Having been found guilty of a felony, escapes from custody; (3) Escapes from a correctional facility; (4) Escapes from a juvenile detention facility; or (5) Escapes from a youth services program.

(1) At any time, including from the point of departure from confinement to the return to confinement, uses or threatens to use physical force in escaping from custody;

(2) Having been found guilty of a felony, escapes from custody;

(3) Escapes from a correctional facility;

(4) Escapes from a juvenile detention facility; or

(5) Escapes from a youth services program.

(b) (1) Second degree escape is a Class B felony if, at the time of the escape, the person is in the custody of: (A) The Division of Correction; (B) The Division of Community Correction; or (C) A law enforcement agency. (2) Otherwise second degree escape is a Class D felony.

(1) Second degree escape is a Class B felony if, at the time of the escape, the person is in the custody of: (A) The Division of Correction; (B) The Division of Community Correction; or (C) A law enforcement agency.

(A) The Division of Correction;

(B) The Division of Community Correction; or

(C) A law enforcement agency.

(2) Otherwise second degree escape is a Class D felony.

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