Delaware Code
Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration
§ 1253. Escape after conviction; class B felony; class C felony; class D felony.

A person shall be guilty of escape after conviction if such person, after entering a plea of guilty or having been convicted by the court, escapes from a detention facility or other place having custody of such person or from the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Department of Correction.
Escape after conviction shall be a class D felony; provided, however, that if the defendant uses force or the threat of force against another person or possesses a deadly weapon at the time of escape, it shall be a class C felony. If the defendant inflicts injury upon another person during the escape or from the time of escape until such person is again in custody, it shall be a class B felony. Any sentence imposed upon conviction of escape after conviction shall not run concurrently with any other sentence.

Structure Delaware Code

Delaware Code

Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES

Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration

§ 1201. Bribery; class E felony.

§ 1202. Bribery; defense.

§ 1203. Receiving a bribe; class E felony.

§ 1204. Theft or coercion no defense to receiving a bribe.

§ 1205. Giving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1206. Receiving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1207. Improper influence; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1208. Defect in office no defense.

§ 1209. Definitions relating to bribery and improper influence.

§ 1211. Official misconduct; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1212. Profiteering; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1213. Definitions relating to abuse of office.

§ 1221. Perjury in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1222. Perjury in the second degree; class F felony.

§ 1223. Perjury in the first degree; class D felony.

§ 1224. Definition of “swears falsely.”

§ 1225. Inconsistent statements under oath; no need to prove one false; framing indictment; proof of irreconcilable inconsistency; conviction of lesser offense.

§ 1231. Retraction of false statement as affirmative defense.

§ 1232. Perjury; no defense.

§ 1233. Making a false written statement; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1234. Corroboration of testimony of perjury or false written statement.

§ 1235. Perjury and related offenses; definitions.

§ 1239. Wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony; class E felony.

§ 1240. Terroristic threatening of public officials or public servants; class G felony.

§ 1241. Refusing to aid a police officer; class B misdemeanor.

§ 1242. Limitation of civil liability for aiding a police officer.

§ 1243. Obstructing fire-fighting operations; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1244. Hindering prosecution; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1245. Falsely reporting an incident; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1245A. Providing a false statement to law enforcement; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1246. Compounding a crime; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1247. Defense to compounding a crime.

§ 1248. Obstructing the control and suppression of rabies.

§ 1249. Abetting the violation of driver's license restrictions.

§ 1250. Offenses against law-enforcement animals.

§ 1251. Escape in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1252. Escape in the second degree; class G felony.

§ 1253. Escape after conviction; class B felony; class C felony; class D felony.

§ 1254. Assault in a detention facility; penalty; class B and class D felony.

§ 1256. Promoting prison contraband; class F felony; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1257. Resisting arrest with force or violence, class G felony; resisting arrest, class A misdemeanor.

§ 1257A. Use of an animal to avoid capture, class G felony; “class A misdemeanor.”

§ 1258. Escape and offenses relating to custody; definitions.

§ 1260. Misuse of prisoner mail; class A misdemeanor; class G felony.

§ 1261. Bribing a witness; class E felony.

§ 1262. Bribe receiving by a witness; class E felony.

§ 1263. Tampering with a witness; class E felony.

§ 1263A. Interfering with child witness.

§ 1264. Bribing a juror; class E felony.

§ 1265. Bribe receiving by a juror; class E felony.

§ 1266. Tampering with a juror; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1267. Misconduct by a juror; class A misdemeanor.

§ 1268. Communications between jurors not tampering or misconduct.

§ 1269. Tampering with physical evidence; class G felony.

§ 1271. Criminal contempt; class A misdemeanor; class B misdemeanor.

§ 1271A. Criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order or lethal violence protective order; class A misdemeanor; class F felony [Effective until Apr. 10, 2023].

§ 1271A. Criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order, lethal violence protective order, or sexual violence protective order; class A misdemeanor; class F felony [Effective Apr. 10, 2023].

§ 1272. Criminal contempt; summary punishment.

§ 1273. Unlawful grand jury disclosure; class B misdemeanor.

§ 1274. Offenses relating to judicial and similar proceedings; definitions.