Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-48.1 (2026)

Abduction by prisoners or committed persons; penalty

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Any person confined in a state, local, or community correctional facility or committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile correctional center, or in the custody of an employee thereof, or who has escaped from any such facility or from any person in charge of such prisoner or committed person, who abducts or takes any person hostage is guilty of a Class 3 felony.

1985, c. 526; 1986, c. 414; 2013, cc. 707, 782.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2023 · leading case: Rashad v. Commonwealth, 651 S.E.2d 407 (Va. Ct. App. 2007).

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Rashad v. Commonwealth, 651 S.E.2d 407 (Va. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “2-48), and abduction by prisoners (Code § 18.2-48.1). Categories of burglary include common law burglary (Code § 18.”

United States v. De Jesus Ventura, 565 F.3d 870 (D.C. Cir. 2009). “2-48 (providing that abduction with a nefarious intent is a Class 2 felony, punishable by twenty years’ to life imprisonment), and Va.Code § 18.2-48.1 (providing that abduction by a prisoner or escaped prisoner is a Class 3 felony, punishable by five to twenty years’…”

Billy Joe Maurice v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Billy Joe Maurice, appellant, was convicted in a bench trial of abduction with the intent to defile in violation of Code § 18.2-48.1 On appeal, he contends the trial court erred in finding the evidence sufficient to prove the victim’s detention was separate and apart from the…”

Mohammed Hussein Abanda v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “2-22, and two counts of abduction for pecuniary benefit, in violation of Code § 18.2-48.1 He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions.”

Antione Marquis Wicker,s/k/a Antoine Wicker v. CW (Va. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “Wicker (appellant) appeals from his six bench trial convictions for "[a]bduction by prisoners" in violation of Code § 18.2-48.1. On appeal, he contends the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions under any theory.”

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