Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-477 Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished

§ 18.2-477. Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished

If any person confined in jail or in custody after conviction of a criminal offense shall escape by force or violence, other than by setting fire thereto, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. The term of confinement under this section shall commence from the expiration of the former sentence.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-288; 1960, c. 358; 1962, c. 506; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 555.)

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