PRINTER'S NO. 279
No. 251 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, FEBRUARY 6, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 6, 1989
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, defining the offense of flight to 3 avoid prosecution. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 5126. Flight to avoid prosecution. 9 A person who moves or travels or secretes himself with intent 10 to avoid prosecution for or, after conviction, to avoid custody 11 or confinement for a crime, including an attempt to commit a 12 crime, commits: 13 (1) A felony of the first degree when the crime with 14 which the person was charged or of which he was convicted is 15 punishable by death or is a felony of the first degree. 16 (2) A felony of the third degree when the crime with 17 which the person was charged or of which he was convicted is 18 a felony of the second or third degree.
1 (3) A misdemeanor of the third degree when the crime 2 with which the person was charged or of which he was 3 convicted is a misdemeanor of the first, second or third 4 degree. 5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L27L18DGS/19890H0251B0279 - 2 -