guilty except insane;
offender disposition
SB 1214 makes escaping from the Arizona State Hospital a Class 2 misdemeanor (up to 4 months jail/up to$750 fine).
Currently, escaping or attempting to escape from a juvenile secure care facility, a juvenile detention facility, an adult correctional facility or from custody imposed as a result of being arrested, charged with or found guilty of a felony is a Class 5 felony (1.5 years prison/$150,000 fine).
· Stipulates that escaping or attempting to escape from the Arizona State Hospital is a Class 2 misdemeanor if the person was committed for treatment for any of the following:
· Outpatient or inpatient juvenile competency restoration program.
· Legal insanity.
· Involuntary confinement for a mental examination.
· Outpatient competency restoration treatment.
· Voluntary or involuntary hospitalization for a mentally disordered prisoner.
· Confinement as a sexually violent person.
· Incompetence.
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