N.Y. Penal Law § 205.15 : Offenses Against Public Administration — Penal — Escape And Other Offenses Relating To Custody — Escape in the first degree

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Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237

A person is guilty of escape in the first degree when:

1. Having been charged with or convicted of a felony, he escapes from a detention facility; or
2. Having been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a class A or class B felony, he escapes from custody; or
3. Having been adjudicated a youthful offender, which finding was substituted for the conviction of a felony, he escapes from a detention facility.

Escape in the first degree is a class D felony.

N.Y. Penal Law § 205.15
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