Lenhart v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

Appellant, William Lenhart, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried, and convicted in the District Court of Atoka County, Oklahoma for the offense of Escaping from the State Penitentiary; his punishment was fixed at seven (7) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, Arvel Barnes testified that he was employed as the assistant records clerk at Oklahoma State Penitentiary, and the defendant was serving a life sentence in the State Penitentiary at McAlester by virtue of…