State v. Whisler

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Paul Wayne Whisler has appealed from an order denying his motion to set aside a sentence and judgment. The court in which he was originally tried, after examination of the application and all relevant files in his original cases, denied the motion. He was permitted to prosecute this appeal as a poor person and a duly authenticated transcript of all the proceedings, signed by the trial judge, has been lodged in this court. His principal claim is that he was guilty of the misdemeanor offense of an attempt to escape from a county jail (V.A.M.S. § 557.410) rather than the…