State v. Ricks

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

The state appeals from a sentence imposed after defendant’s conviction on a charge he escaped from the custody of officers, without actually breaking prison, in violation of G. S. 1949, 21-733 and 21-734.

The defendant has cross-appealed. We shall continue to refer to the parties as the state and the defendant. The main appeal will be considered first. The defendant was employed as a trusty out side the prison walls of the state penitentiary to which he had been committed for the commission of a felony. He left his employment and escaped. G.…