Phipps v. Commonwealth

OPINION

HUDDLESTON, Judge.

Michael Phipps appeals from a Ky.R.Crim. Proc. (RCr) 8.09 conditional plea of guilty1 entered in Jefferson Circuit Court to the charge of second-degree escape.

In May 1994, Phipps was committed to the Jefferson County Department of Corrections pursuant to a Jefferson District Court judgment ordering him to serve ninety days for a misdemeanor conviction. The Department of Corrections placed Phipps in River City Correctional Center (“RCCC”). Upon arrival at RCCC, Phipps signed a document saying that he had “read ... and agree[d] to abide by” RCCC’s policies and…