US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

      1. Failure to report after stay of execution. A defendant who has been sentenced but granted a stay of execution to report at a specific time and who fails to report as ordered is guilty of:
   
A. A Class E crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of less than one year; or [1995, c. 456, §1 (new).]    
B. A Class C crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of one year or more. [1995, c. 456, §1 (new).]

It is an affirmative defense that the failure to appear resulted from just cause.
[1995, c. 456, §1 (new).]

Section History:

PL 1995,  Ch. 456,   §1 (NEW).