State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a direct appeal from a plea of guilty to the offense of escape without breaking in violation of K. S. A. 21-734. The appellant, Paul Williams, had previously been sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing, Kansas, for the offense of murder for a term of fifteen (15) years by the Shawnee County District Court. On February 5, 1970, a complaint was filed charging appellant with the crime of escape without brealdng. On February 9, 1970, appellant appeared in court and counsel was appointed to represent him. . On February 20,…