Grider v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

Ronald Wayne Grider, the appellant, was tried for the crime of Escape from a Penal Institution (21 O.S.Supp.1985, § 443) in the District Court of Cleveland County, Case No. CRF-85-817. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and set punishment at four (4) years’ imprisonment. On appeal, we affirm.

On June 28,1985, the appellant was serving a four-year sentence (of which three years were suspended) for possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute when he escaped from the Lexington Correctional Center. On July 3, 1985, the appellant was…