Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-111

Second degree escape

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Bush v. State (1999)

Most recently applied in 2022 Ark. App. 388 - Daroyce Rodgers v. State of Arkansas (October 2022)

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; 2019, No. 910,…

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(1) A person commits the offense of second degree escape if he or she: 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.

(6) Second degree escape is a Class B felony if, at the time of the escape, the person is in the custody of: The Division of Correction;

(7) The Division of Community Correction; or

(8) A law enforcement agency.

(9) Otherwise second degree escape is a Class D 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.