McGinnis v. State

BARRETT, Commissioner.

On March 14, 1968, a jury in Webster County found Billy J. McGinnis guilty under an information charging that on January 1, 1967, while under sentence to the State Department of Corrections, he escaped from the Fordland Honor Farm. RSMo 1969, Sec. SS7.3S1. The jury fixed his punishment at three years and six months’ imprisonment (the penalty is not more than 5 years nor less than 2), he appealed and the judgment was affirmed in State v. McGinnis, Mo., 441 S.W.2d 715.

In addition to that case, number 54,610 in this court, which includes a full tran*691script of his trial,…