Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-110

First degree escape

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Williams v. State (2002)

Most recently applied in Sales v. State (September 2014)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2810; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2810; Acts 1997, No. 1229, § 3; 1997, No. 1299, § 3; 2003, No. 1348, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 254; 2009, No. 478, § 1; 2019, No. 910,…

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(1) A person commits the offense of first degree escape if: At any time, including from the point of departure from confinement to the return to confinement, aided by another person actually present, he or she uses or threatens to use physical force in escaping from: Custody;

(2) A correctional facility;

(3) A juvenile detention facility; or

(4) A youth services program; or

(5) At any time, including from the point of departure from confinement to the return to confinement, he or she uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon in escaping from: Custody;

(6) A correctional facility;

(7) A juvenile detention facility; or

(8) A youth services program.

(9) First degree escape is a Class A felony if, at the time of the escape, the person is in the custody of: The Division of Correction;

(10) The Division of Community Correction; or

(11) A law enforcement agency.

(12) Otherwise first degree escape is a Class C felony.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.