State v. Willis

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

Robert Lee Willis was charged and prosecuted for the offense of escape from custody, § 557.35 1 , RSMo Supp.1975 h Conviction was had after a jury trial and Willis, as a second offender, was sentenced by the court to a term of three years.

The points of error advanced on this appeal do not question the sufficiency of the evidence to support the submission or the verdict, and a brief recitation of the facts will therefore suffice. Willis had previously been convicted in the City of St. Louis for the offense of murder in the second degree, and he was serving the sentence…