Dickey v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

While part of an inmate work crew 1 in Greenville working under the supervision of jailer Dixon Latham, Vincent Bernard Dickey stripped off his “jail stripes” and ran away from the work crew in his T-shirt and boxer shorts. Dickey found some clothes at his mother’s house and managed to elude authorities until the following day, when he was found hiding in a closet in the vacant side of a local duplex. As a result of the incident, Dickey has now been convicted of escape. 2 See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 38.06(a), (c).

On appeal, Dickey (1) argues the evidence…