Dobbs v. State

Webb, Judge.

Johnny Dobbs was convicted on a charge of escape from the Chatham Correctional Institution, and was sentenced to serve two years. He appeals, claiming such coercion that he reasonably believed escape was necessary to get proper medical attention, citing Code Ann. § 26-906.

The verdict was not contrary to law and the principles of justice, and the evidence was sufficient to support it. Defendant’s escape was of his own free will and accord. The jury apparently did not believe that he was under such coercion as to reasonably believe that his act of escape was necessary to receive…