Skinner v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for escape in the first degree in violation of § 13A-10-31, Code of Alabama 1975, and the jury found him guilty as charged in the indictment. Following a Habitual Felony Offender hearing, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The evidence in the case at bar showed that the appellant, Michael Skinner, escaped from the Shelby County Jail sometime between 11:00 p.m. on May 26, 1983, and 5:15 a.m. on May 27, 1983.

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During the trial of this case, the State called Harold Walden, a Circuit Judge for the Eighteenth Judicial…