Phillips v. State

The appellant, James Oliver Phillips, was indicted for escape from the Baltimore County jail in violation of Md. Code, Art. 27, § 139 (1967 Repl. Vol.) (1968 Cum. Supp.). He was convicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County by a jury, and was sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction for one year.

The case was submitted to the jury on an agreed statement of facts, which set forth that the appellant was lawfully confined under sentence in the Baltimore County jail, that he was participating in a Work release program authorized by Md. Code, Art. 27, §§ 645K-645S (1967…