Utley v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction for jail-breaking in violation of I.C. 1971, 35-21-8-1, being Burns § 10-1809, in a trial without jury in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court. Appellant was sentenced to one year on the State Farm.

Appellant was sentenced to one year in the Vanderburgh County Jail under a work-release program on April 8, 1970. On April 20, 1970, appellant’s probation officer, Willard Walls, arranged over the phone to have appellant released from jail in order to seek employment. Appellant was to return at noon. Shortly after noon appellant talked to Walls on the phone and…