Weaver v. State

CATES, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment based on a plea of guilty to escape from the penitentiary. Code 1940, T. 14, § 153, as amended reads:

“§ 153. Any convict who escapes or attempts to escape from the penitentiary, or from any person or guard having him in charge under authority of law, either within or outside the walls of the penitentiary before the expiration of the term for which he was sentenced, shall, on conviction be imprisoned for an additional term of not less than one year.”

Thus Weaver could have been sentenced to as little as twelve months (or certainly one year…