Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida
what is the legal definition of detained? Is it the same as escape?
Asked on 7/27/09, 12:12 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Don Waggoner
Don Waggoner Law, P.A.
No, but if you are detained, you can commit escape. Detained means the officer has arrested you and you are not free to leave. If you leave, you may be charged with escape. Temporary detentions, such as at a traffic stop do not count, or where the officer has just stopped you or taken you in. But detention means you are being held. Escape means you have left that detention without authority.
Answered on 7/27/09, 8:10 am
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