New York Prosecutors Training Institute
NYPTI Law - NYS Statutes
ยง 205.10 Escape in the second degree.
A person is guilty of escape in the second degree when:
1. He escapes from a detention facility; or
2. Having been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a class C,
class D or class E felony, he escapes from custody; or
3. Having been adjudicated a youthful offender, which finding was
substituted for the conviction of a felony, he escapes from custody.
Escape in the second degree is a class E felony.
