McDaniel v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

On January 17, 1976, the appellant, Bob Dale McDaniel, escaped from the State prison in McAlester, Oklahoma, where he was serving a 200 year sentence for rape. On March 12, 1976, a grocery store in Collins-ville, Oklahoma, was robbed at gunpoint, and a man was charged with the crime. Authorities failed to perceive any correlation between these events until May 12, 1976. On that date it was discovered that the accused in the armed robbery trial was the appellant, and not James Alfred Donald, Jr., as indicated in the information. The following events form the basis for this…