Escape in the First Degree.
Known as the Alabama Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 13A-10-1 to 13A-9-92 (653 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 402 So. 2d 1094 - Grimes v. State (1981)
Most recently applied in 38 So. 3d 119 - Ex Parte Thompson (August 2009)
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4606; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-753, §2.)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A person commits the crime of escape in the first degree if:
(1) He employs physical force, a threat of physical force, a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument in escaping or attempting to escape from custody; or
(2) Having been convicted of a felony, he escapes or attempts to escape from custody imposed pursuant to that conviction.
(b) Escape in the first degree is a Class B felony.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.