PART III.  ESCAPE AND OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO CUSTODY

     §710-1020  Escape in the first degree.  (1)  A person commits the offense of escape in the first degree if the person intentionally employs physical force, the threat of physical force, or a dangerous instrument against the person of another in escaping from a correctional or detention facility or from custody.

     (2)  Escape in the first degree is a class B felony. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1993]

Case Notes

  Defendant escaped from prison when defendant failed to return from furlough.  71 H. 251, 787 P.2d 690 (1990).