Section 53a-171 - Escape from custody: Class C felony or class A misdemeanor(a) A person is guilty of escape from custody if such person (1) escapes from custody, or (2) has been adjudicated as delinquent, and escapes from or fails to return from an authorized leave to a state or private facility or institution in which such person has been placed by the court.(b) If a person has been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a felony, escape from such custody is a class C felony, otherwise, escape from custody is a class A misdemeanor.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-171
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 172; 1971, P.A. 16; P.A. 00-209, S. 2; P.A. 18-31, S. 42.)
Amended by P.A. 18-0031, S. 42 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2018. Cited. 173 Conn. 35; 188 Conn. 406; 196 C. 309; 197 Conn. 588; 207 Conn. 270; 211 Conn. 398; 220 Conn. 270. Cited. 3 CA 684; 12 CA 604; 23 Conn.App. 160; Id., 615; 24 CA 287; 36 CA 691; 37 Conn.App. 276; Id., 733. Knowledge of being charged with a felony, rather than a misdemeanor, is not an essential element. 114 Conn.App. 155.