Baird v. State

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Andrew Baird was convicted of escape while armed with a dangerous weapon, OCGA § 16-10-52 (b), and he appeals.

The transcript reveals that appellant, an inmate at the Oconee County Jail, joined another inmate and entered the control room of the jail wielding sections broken off a commercial broom handle (with a one to one and a half inch diameter). Larry Freeman, a jailer present during the escape, testified that while he was struggling with the other inmate, appellant, who was standing in the control room doorway, began beating on the door frame with his section of the…