Ketcher v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

Gary Ward Ketcher, appellant, was tried by jury for the crime of Escape From a Penal Institution in violation of 21 O.S. 1981, § 443 in Case No. CRF-83-159 in the District Court of Atoka County. Appellant was represented by counsel. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and set punishment at seven (7) years’ imprisonment. The trial court sentenced appellant in accordance with the jury’s verdict. From this judgment and sentence, appellant appeals to this Court.

On August 21,1983, a shift supervisor at the Stringtown Correctional Center discovered that appellant and…