Maine § 17-A §755 Escape

Maine Statutes

§ 17-A §755 — Escape

Maine § 17-A §755

Title 17-AMAINE CRIMINAL CODE

Part 2SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES

Ch. 31OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 17-A §755 (2026).

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1.A person is guilty of escape if without official permission the person intentionally: 1-A. 1-B. A person is guilty of escape from supervised community confinement granted pursuant to Title 34‑A, section 3036‑A if without official permission the person intentionally: 1-C. A person is guilty of escape from furlough or other rehabilitative program authorized under Title 34‑A, section 3035 if the person intentionally: 1-D. A person is guilty of escape from arrest or escape during transport following arrest if without official permission the arrested person intentionally: 1-E. A person is guilty of escape from the community confinement monitoring program granted pursuant to Title 30‑A, section 1659‑A if without official permission the person intentionally:

2.In the case of escape from arres

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1.
A person is guilty of escape if without official permission the person intentionally:
1-A.
1-B.
A person is guilty of escape from supervised community confinement granted pursuant to Title 34‑A, section 3036‑A if without official permission the person intentionally:
1-C.
A person is guilty of escape from furlough or other rehabilitative program authorized under Title 34‑A, section 3035 if the person intentionally:
1-D.
A person is guilty of escape from arrest or escape during transport following arrest if without official permission the arrested person intentionally:
1-E.
A person is guilty of escape from the community confinement monitoring program granted pursuant to Title 30‑A, section 1659‑A if without official permission the person intentionally:
2.
In the case of escape from arrest, it is a defense that the arresting officer acted unlawfully in making the arrest. In all other cases, it is no defense that grounds existed for release from custody that could have been raised in a legal proceeding.
3.
As used in this section, "official custody" means arrest, custody in, or on the way to or from a courthouse or a jail, police station, house of correction, or any institution or facility under the control of the Department of Corrections, or under contract with the department for the housing of persons sentenced to imprisonment, the custody of any official of the department, the custody of any institution in another jurisdiction pursuant to a sentence imposed under the authority of section 2303, subsection 3 or any custody pursuant to court order. A person on a parole or probation status is not, for that reason alone, in "official custody" for purposes of this section.
3-A.
The following provisions govern prosecution for escape.
4.

Legislative History

PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 740, §§82,83 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 510, §§63,64 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 701, §§24-26 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 493, §3 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 210 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 821, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 845, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 440, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 383, §§90-96 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 667, §D20 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 667, §D36 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 711, §§A5,6 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 63, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 464, §§15, 16 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 133, §§6, 7 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §§62, 63 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 260, §1 (AMD).