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A.R.S. § 13-2504

Escape in the first degree; classification

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Pena (1983)

Most recently applied in State v. Crosby (March 1989)

How often courts cite this section

1983198910
citing decisions per year

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 escape in the first degree by knowingly:

1. Escaping or attempting to escape from custody or a juvenile secure care facility, a juvenile detention facility or an adult correctional facility by either of the following:

(a) Using or threatening the use of physical force against another person.

(b) Using or threatening to use a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument against another person.

2. Escaping from an adult correctional facility.

B. Escape in the first degree is a class 4 felony, and the sentence imposed for a violation of this section shall run consecutively to any sentence of imprisonment for which the person was confined, to any confinement in a secure care facility or to any term of community supervision for the sentence including probation, parole, work furlough or any other release.

Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.