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Va. Code § 18.2-477: Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished

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Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Chapter 10. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Article 7. ESCAPE OF, COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND DELIVERIES TO PRISONERS

If any person confined in jail or in custody after conviction of a criminal offense shall escape by force or violence, other than by setting fire thereto, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. The term of confinement under this section shall commence from the expiration of the former sentence.Code 1950, § 18.1-288; 1960, c. 358; 1962, c. 506; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 555.

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