Hamp v. State

Defendant-appellant was convicted of the crime of jailbreaking pursuant to IC 35-21-8-1, Ind. Ann. Stat. § 10-1809 (Burns 1956 Replacement), as charged in the affidavit. Trial was had to a jury after appellant’s plea of not guilty, which was subsequently changed to not guilty by reason of insanity.

The facts, briefly, are that appellant was present in the Vanderburgh County Jail on the night of December 25, 1971, and participated in a jailbreak during which 15 of some 43 prisoners escaped. The evidence disclosed that the deputy in charge of the jail was subjected to force and his life was…