Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail (§ 18.2-478)—Virginia Decoded

Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail

If any person lawfully imprisoned in jail and not tried or sentenced on a criminal offense escapes from jail by force or violence, other than by setting fire thereto or if any person lawfully in the custody of any police officer on a charge of criminal offense escapes from such custody by force or violence, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

History

Code 1950, § 18.1-289; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 555.

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Court Decisions

. . . Ray Mychel Fender v. Charles Thompson, Warden Attorney . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 08/24/89)
. . . conviction to five years imprisonment. Va.Code Secs. 18.2-478 and 18.2-10(f). Under the applicable . . .

Hubbard v. Com. (SCV, 06/06/08)
. . . felonious escape from custody, in violation of Code § 18.2-478, when there was no written criminal . . .

Henry v. Com. (COA, 10/10/95)
. . . escaping from a police officer in violation of Code § 18.2-478. Henry argues that the evidence was . . .

Coles v. Com. (COA, 12/14/04)
. . . Dion Coles appeals his conviction under Code § 18.2-478 for escape by force from the custody of a . . .

Johnson v. Com. (COA, 09/26/95)
. . . as required by Code § 18.2-478. . . .

Thomas v. Com. (COA, 03/16/10)
. . . felonious escape from custody, in violation of Code § 18.2-478, arguing that the Commonwealth . . .

Hall v. Com. (SCV, 11/04/10)
. . . force or violence" in violation of Code § 18.2-478. To be guilty of felonious escape from . . .

Bowling v. Com. (COA, 12/27/07)
. . . on a charge of criminal offense" in Code § 18.2-478 with the concept of probable cause). Based on . . .

Hall v. Com. (COA, 12/22/09)
. . . W. HALEY, JR., Judge. . . .

Hobson v. EW MURRAY (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 03/11/80)
. . . rather than as a misdemeanor escape under Va.Code § 18.2-478 (Repl.Vol. 1975).[2] The State trial . . .

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