CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2762
Escape After Remand or Arrest (Pen. Code, § 836.6)
The defendant is charged [in Count] with (escape/ [or] attempted
escape) following (a remand/an arrest) [in violation of Penal Code
section 836.6].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
<Alternative 1A—remanded>
[1. The defendant was remanded, which means that a (magistrate/
judge) ordered (him/her) placed into the custody of a (sheriff[,]/
[or] marshal[,]/ [or other] (police agency/peace officer));]
<Alternative 1B—arrested>
[1. The defendant was lawfully arrested by a peace officer and the
defendant knew, or reasonably should have known, that (he/she)
had been arrested;]
AND
2. The defendant (escaped/ [or] attempted to escape) from the
custody of the (sheriff[,]/ marshal[,]/ [or other] (police agency/
peace officer)).
Escape means the unlawful departure from the physical limits of custody.
[A sworn member of <insert name of agency that employs
peace offıcer>, authorized by <insert appropriate section
from Pen. Code, § 830 et seq.> to <describe statutory
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
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