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Flight to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment - 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5126

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     § 5126.  Flight to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person who willfully conceals
     himself or moves or travels within or outside this Commonwealth
     with the intent to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment
     commits a felony of the third degree when the crime which he has
     been charged with or has been convicted of is a felony and
     commits a misdemeanor of the second degree when the crime which
     he has been charged with or has been convicted of is a
     misdemeanor.
        (b)  Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a person
     set at liberty by court order who fails to appear at the time or
     place specified in the order.
     (May 31, 1990, P.L.219, No.47, eff. 60 days)

        1990 Amendment.  Act 47 added section 5126.

Last modified: November 27, 2007