Young v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted for the offense of escape while serving a sentence for the offense of armed robbery. He was found guilty by a jury and upon the denial of his motion for new trial, he appeals. Held:

1. In defendant’s first enumeration of error he contends “[t]he Trial Court erred in refusing to allow evidence as to coercion and justification to be brought before the jury.” Defendant admitted the escape but his defense was that he did so by reason of justification (Code Ann. § 26-901 (2); Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1272) under such coercion as reasonably believing…