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Alaska Stat. § 11.56.300 (2026)

Escape in the first degree

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Sec. 11.56.300. Escape in the first degree.
 (a) One commits the crime of escape in the first degree if, without lawful authority, one removes oneself from official detention by means of a deadly weapon or a defensive weapon.

 (b) Escape in the first degree is a class A felony.




Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1994–2018 · leading case: Wassillie v. State, 411 P.3d 595 (Alaska 2018).
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Wassillie v. State, 411 P.3d 595 (Alaska 2018). “But lacking any description of what the staff was reacting to other than a reported absence, the Absence Report gave the grand jury no basis for distinguishing between escape (the crime charged) and the usually less serious crime of evasion.”
Wholecheese v. State, 100 P.3d 14 (Alaska Ct. App. 2004). “” The trial site that fits this definition is Nena-na. Judge Steinkruger did not abuse her discretion when she granted Wholecheese’s request to change venue from Fairbanks by ordering that the trial be held in Nenana.”
LeFever v. State, 877 P.2d 1298 (Alaska Ct. App. 1994). “” The term “official detention” occurs in each of the escape and unlawful evasion statutes (AS 11.56.300 — .350), as well as the statute prohibiting permitting an escape (AS 11.”
Wassillie v. State (Alaska 2018). “But lacking any description of what the staff was reacting to other than a reported absence, the Absence Report gave the grand jury no basis for distinguishing between escape (the crime charged) and the usually less serious crime of evasion.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.56.300(a) — 1 case
Wholecheese v. State, 100 P.3d 14 (Alaska Ct. App. 2004). “” The trial site that fits this definition is Nena-na. Judge Steinkruger did not abuse her discretion when she granted Wholecheese’s request to change venue from Fairbanks by ordering that the trial be held in Nenana.”
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