- (a) A person who, having been released from lawful detention on condition that the person appear at a specified time and place in connection with a charge of a crime, intentionally fails to appear at that time and place commits failure to appear, a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the charge was a felony charge.
- (b) It is no defense that the accused person was not convicted of the crime with which the person was originally charged.
- (c) This section does not apply to obligations to appear incident to release under suspended sentence or on probation or parole.
As added by P.L.126-2012, SEC.54. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.507.