Nieto v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frantz.

Alfonso M. Nieto was found guilty of felonious escape from the State Honor Farm where he was a confined felon. Error is alleged in that: first, the trial court admitted improper documentary evidence of Nieto’s identity as a confined felon; and second, the trial court orally qualified its tenth instruction.

Nieto and four inmate companions obtained a large quantity of wine which they consumed on the premises of the State Honor Farm. One participant, a mechanic, had access to a prison truck, and, their thirsts not having been slaked, they all set out to obtain more…