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| | | An Act To Amend the Crime of Escape |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §755, sub-§1-D, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, | | c. 667, Pt. D, §20 and affected by §36, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1-D. A person is guilty of escape from arrest or escape | | during transport following arrest if without official permission | | the arrested person intentionally: |
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| | A. Escapes from arrest or escapes from custody while being | transported to a jail, police station or any other facility | enumerated in subsection 3 pursuant to an arrest. | | following arrest prior to being transported, or while being | | transported to a jail, police station or other initial place | | of detention or to a courthouse when a court has ordered | | that the person be arrested and transported directly to | | court. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or |
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| | | B. Violates paragraph A and at the time of the escape the | | person uses physical force against another person, threatens | | to use physical force or is armed with a dangerous weapon. | | Violation of this paragraph is a Class B crime. |
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