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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.200 (2026)

Escape or attempted escape from custody

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  575.200.  Escape or attempted escape from custody — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of escape from custody or attempted escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest for any offense or violation of probation or parole, he or she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.

  2.  The offense of escape or attempted escape from custody is a class A misdemeanor unless:

  (1)  The person escaping or attempting to escape is under arrest for a felony, in which case it is a class E felony; or

  (2)  The offense is committed by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or by holding any person as hostage, in which case it is a class A felony.

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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1986 S.B. 450, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2022 S.B. 799)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2023 · leading case: State v. Nicholson, 839 S.W.2d 593 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992).
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State v. Nicholson, 839 S.W.2d 593 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 34× “Douglas Nicholson appeals his conviction for felonious escape from custody, § 575.200, RSMo 1986, and his sentence as a prior and persistent offender, §§ 558.”
State v. Fernow, 328 S.W.3d 429 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 11× “] The Information in the instant case reads as follows: The Special Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Washington, State of Missouri, charges that the defendant, in violation of Section 575.200, RSMo, committed the class D felony of escape from custody, punishable upon…”
State v. Jackson, 645 S.W.2d 725 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 8× “Pursuant to Section 575.200, RSMo 1978, “[a] person commits the crime of escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest for any crime, he escapes from custody.”
State v. Ajak, 543 S.W.3d 43 (Mo. 2018). · cites it 2× “Similarly, section 575.200 provides custody occurs after arrest and evading police at that point is escape from custody rather than resisting arrest: "A person commits the crime of escape from custody or attempted escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest…”
State v. Haynes, 17 S.W.3d 617 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 10× “Haynes appeals the judgment of his conviction and sentence in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County for escape from custody, § 575.200, 1 after a bench *618 trial for which he was sentenced, as a prior and persistent offender, §§ 558.”
O'rourke v. State, 782 S.W.2d 808 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “040, RSMo 1986, and to one count of escape from custody, § 575.200, RSMo 1986. Pursuant to a plea agreement, he was sentenced to two concurrent ten-year terms of imprisonment.”
State v. Baker, 598 S.W.2d 540 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). “1975 (now §§ 575.200, 575.210, and 575.230 RSMo 1978), tried by a jury in Boone County on change of venue, found guilty of escape, and sentenced to a term of two years.”
State v. Reyes, 862 S.W.2d 377 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). “300— Theft Cable Television; § 575.200 — Escape or Attempted Escape from Custody; § 575.”
State v. Hahn, 625 S.W.2d 703 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 10× “Defendant Danny Ray Hahn was found guilty by a Greene County jury of escaping from custody in violation of § 575.200, RSMo 1978, and sentenced to three years imprisonment.”
State v. Woods, 620 S.W.2d 443 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “Defendant Lowell Eugene Woods was jury-tried and convicted of escaping from custody [§ 575.200, RSMo 1978] while under arrest for burglary and sentenced to one year in the Greene County jail.”
Skaggs v. State, 920 S.W.2d 118 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “1993, and escape from custody, § 575.200 RSMo 1986. We affirm. Movant contends the motion court erred in failing to follow Rule 24.”
Smith v. State, 674 S.W.2d 634 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). “On May 15, 1980, the movant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of escape from custody in violation of § 575.200, a class D felony. In accordance with a plea bargain he was sentenced to imprisonment for three years.”
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— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.200(1)(2) — 1 case
Wallace v. State, 286 S.W.3d 864 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
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