State v. Allen

On July 25,1982, defendant, along with Steven Kessler and other inmates of the A tank at Rocky Butte Jail, escaped from A tank. Kessler had a pistol. He subdued guard Stockton in the jail’s dining room. When Turney, the jail shift commander, unexpectedly entered the dining room, Kessler subdued him and forced the two guards to go to the rear security door of the jail’s control center. Kessler forced Turney to help the inmates gain entrance to the control center. Once inside the center, the prisoners were able to escape from the jail.

Defendant was charged, as an aider and abettor, with, inter…