Syck v. State

Evans, Judge.

Michael Syck, a prisoner at the Lowndes Correctional Institution, was convicted on the charge of escape and sentenced to serve three years. Defendant appeals. Held:

In his unsworn statement defendant admitted that three other inmates removed the bars from a window at the prison, and escaped, and that he followed them. He contends he had no wilful intent to do so because of illness, and lack of medical attention, and that he escaped as the only way to prevent his immediate death.

The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict of guilty, nor was it contrary to law and the…