1998 Florida Code
TITLE XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 916 Mentally Deficient And Mentally Ill Defendants  
PART IV INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT FOR SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS (ss. 916.31-916.49)
916.47   Escape while in lawful custody.

916.47  Escape while in lawful custody.--A person who is held in lawful custody pursuant to a judicial finding of probable cause under s. 916.35 or pursuant to a commitment as a sexually violent predator under s. 916.36 and who escapes or attempts to escape while in such custody commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.--s. 19, ch. 98-64.

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