Failure to appear

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  7. Failure to appear

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  1. (a) As used in this section, “pending charge” means a charge that results from an arrest or issuance of a citation or criminal summons, or after the filing of a criminal information or indictment and that has not been resolved by acquittal, conviction, dismissal, or nolle prosequi.

  2. (b) A person commits the offense of failure to appear if he or she fails to appear without reasonable excuse subsequent to having been:

    1. (1) Cited or summonsed as an accused; or

    2. (2) Lawfully set at liberty upon condition that he or she appear at a specified time, place, and court.

  3. (c) Failure to appear is a:

    1. (1) Class C felony if the required appearance was in regard to a pending charge or disposition of a felony charge either before or after a determination of guilt of the felony charge;

    2. (2) Class D felony if the required appearance was in regard to an order to appear issued before a revocation hearing under § 16-93-307 and the defendant was placed on probation or received a suspended sentence for a felony offense;

    3. (3) Class A misdemeanor if the required appearance was in regard to a pending charge or disposition of a Class A misdemeanor charge either before or after a determination of guilt of the Class A misdemeanor charge;

    4. (4) Class B misdemeanor if the required appearance was in regard to a pending charge or disposition of a Class B misdemeanor charge either before or after a determination of guilt of the Class B misdemeanor charge;

    5. (5) Class B misdemeanor if the required appearance was in regard to a pending charge or disposition of a Class C misdemeanor charge either before or after a determination of guilt of the Class C misdemeanor charge;

    6. (6) Unclassified misdemeanor with the same penalty as the unclassified misdemeanor in the pending charge or disposition if the required appearance was in regard to a pending charge or disposition of an unclassified misdemeanor either before or after a determination of guilt on the unclassified misdemeanor charge; and

    7. (7) Class C misdemeanor if the required appearance was in regard to a pending charge or disposition of a violation either before or after a determination of guilt of the violation charge.

  4. (d) This section does not apply to an order to appear imposed as a condition of suspension or probation under § 5-4-303.


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