Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-10-32 (2026)
Escape in the Second Degree.
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(a) A person commits the crime of escape in the second degree if he escapes or attempts to escape from a penal facility.
(b) Escape in the second degree is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4607.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22
cases, 1981–2020 · leading case: Doseck v. State, 8 So. 3d 1024 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008).
Doseck v. State, 8 So. 3d 1024 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “The appellant, Jeffery Richard Doseck, pleaded guilty to second-degree escape, a violation of § 13A-10-32, Ala.Code 1975. Doseck was sentenced, as a habitual felony offender, to 15 years' imprisonment, 14 years of which were suspended, with one year to be served through the…”
Pardue v. State, 571 So. 2d 320 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989). “In Tinsley , we observed that "[b]ut for the miscitation of § 13A-10-32, Code of Alabama 1975 (escape in the second degree) the face of [the] indictment appears to charge second degree escape, prohibiting `escape from a penal facility.”
Phillips v. State, 65 So. 3d 971 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “Escape in the second degree, see § 13A-10-32, Ala.Code 1975 (count I of the indictment 3 ).”
Ankrom v. State, 152 So. 3d 373 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “See § 13A-10-32, Ala. Code. Doseck, like Ankrom and Salmon, filed a pretrial motion to dismiss the indictment against him on the ground that undisputed facts not contained in the indictment established that his actions did not constitute second-degree escape.”
Mayo v. State, 681 N.E.2d 689 (Ind. 1997). “Ala. Code § 13A-10-32 (Michie 1994). The sentence for a C felony at that time was “not more than 10 years or less than 1 year and 1 day.”
Ringer v. State, 501 So. 2d 493 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “He was confined in a "penal facility" as that term is used in the second degree escape statute, § 13A-10-32, but his escape was from custody "imposed pursuant to a conviction," as described in the first degree escape statute, § 13A-10-31.”
State v. Worley, 102 So. 3d 408 (Ala. Crim. App. 2009). “Doseck was convicted, pursuant to a guilty plea, of second-degree escape, a violation of § 13A-10-32, Ala.Code 1975. Doseck argued on appeal that the circuit court had erred when it denied his motion to dismiss the indictment, and he argued that he had been erroneously charged…”
Cork v. State, 603 So. 2d 1127 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “He pleaded guilty to the offense of escape in the second degree, in violation of § 13A-10-32, Code of Alabama 1975. Escape in the second degree is a Class C felony.”
Sommerville v. State, 555 So. 2d 1165 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989). “Appellant, Tommy Lee Sommerville, was indicted for escape in the second degree, in violation of § 13A-10-32, Code of Alabama 1975. A jury found him guilty as charged, and the trial court sentenced him as a habitual offender to 15 years’ imprisonment.”
C.H. v. State, 225 So. 3d 652 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “was also found to have committed an attempt to escape from custody, § 13A-10-32, Ala. Code 1975, and possession of a pistol without a permit, § 13A-11-73, Ala.”
Webster v. State, 403 So. 2d 299 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981). “” Counsel calls our attention to provision of § 13A-10-31 and § 13A-10-32, Code of Alabama 1975 as amended 1979.”
Brantley v. State, 527 So. 2d 1365 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988). “The terms of the bargain were that the appellant would plead guilty to escape in the second degree (“if he escapes or attempts to escape from a penal facility,” § 13A-10-32, Code of Alabama 1975), and, as a habitual offender with three prior convictions, would receive á sentence…”
Ala. Code § 13A-10-32(a): 2 cases
Jones v. State, 530 So. 2d 871 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987).
Mays v. State, 144 So. 3d 507 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013).
Ala. Code § 13A-10-32(b): 1 case
Morris v. State, 733 So. 2d 912 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998).
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