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2025 Ohio Revised Code
Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure
Chapter 2949 | Execution of Sentence
Section 2949.06 | Escape After Sentence - Resentencing.

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OH Rev Code § 2949.06 (2025)
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Effective: October 6, 1994

Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly

If a person escapes after sentence and before confinement in a state correctional institution or jail, the clerk of the trial court, upon application of the prosecuting attorney or by order of the court, shall issue a warrant stating the conviction and sentence and commanding the sheriff to pursue the person into any county of this state. The sheriff shall take into custody the person so escaping and shall make return of the warrant to the court if it is in session, and if it is not in session he shall commit the accused to the jail of the county and bring him before the court at the next session of the court. The court shall set aside the former sentence and again pronounce judgment upon the verdict.

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