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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 279

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

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.

















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