575.195. Escape from commitment, detention, or conditional release — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of escape from commitment, detention, or conditional release if he or she has been committed to a state mental hospital under the provisions of chapter 552 or sections 632.480 to 632.513, or has been ordered to be taken into custody, detained, or held pursuant to sections 632.480 to 632.513, or as provided by section 632.475, has been committed to the department of mental health as a criminal sexual psychopath under statutes in effect before August 13, 1980, or has been granted a conditional release under the provisions of chapter 552 or sections 632.480 to 632.513, and he or she escapes from such commitment, detention, or conditional release.
2. The offense of escape from commitment, detention, or conditional release is a class E felony.
Notes of Decisions
In Re Commitment of Fisher, 164 S.W.3d 637 (Tex. 2005).
“5B(2) (imposing criminal penalties on individuals who (1) leave or attempt to leave commitment facilities, (2) are absent "from a place where the person is required to be present,” or (3) leave or attempt to leave the custody of civil-commitment personnel); Mo. Rev.Stat. §…”
In Re Det. of Bradford, 712 N.W.2d 144 (Iowa 2006).
“See Westerheide v. State, 831 So.2d 93, 100 (Fla.2002). Missouri law creates a class “D” felony for escape from commitment, which includes commitment pursuant to its sexually violent predator act.”
State v. Willis, 602 S.W.2d 9 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980).
“Similar offenses are now within the proscription of §§ 575.195 et seq., RSMo 1978, which differentiate among offenses and distinguish among various circumstances of custodial detention.”
State v. Grass, 14 S.W.3d 656 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 3× “Grass (“Defendant”) appeals the judgment entered pursuant to his conviction of one count of escape from commitment in violation of section 575.195 RSMo 1994. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find no error of law.”
State v. Lasley, 116 S.W.3d 705 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 3× “Defendant, Terrance Lasley, appeals from the judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of escape from commitment, section 575.195 RSMo.2000. The trial court sentenced defendant to one day in the St.”
Grass v. State, 164 S.W.3d 141 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005).
· cites it 3× “Mov-ant was convicted of one count of escape from commitment pursuant to Section 575.195, RSMo 1994. Movant was sentenced to serve five years imprisonment.”
In Re Det. Of Willie Bradford (Iowa 2006).
“927 (1), yet it has held that the statute is civil in nature. See Westerheide v. State, 831 So. 2d 93, 100 (Fla.”
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