Failure to appear
Sec. 6. (a) A person who, having been released from lawful
detention on condition that he appear at a specified time and place in
connection with a charge of a crime, intentionally fails to appear at
that time and place commits failure to appear, a Class A
misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class D felony if the charge
was a felony charge.
(b) It is no defense that the accused person was not convicted of
the crime with which he was originally charged.
(c) This section does not apply to obligations to appear incident
to release under suspended sentence or on probation or parole.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.4. Amended by Acts 1977,
P.L.340, SEC.64.
Last modified: May 24, 2006