Rodgers v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge.

Appellant, Grady E. Rodgers, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Pittsburg County, Case No. F-73-36, for the offense of Escape From State Penitentiary, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 443. The jury fixed his punishment at two (2) years’ imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence an appeal has been presented to this Court.

Briefly stated, at the trial the evidence presented by the State established that while serving a seven (7) year sentence for auto larceny defendant escaped from the Oklahoma State…