Fouts v. State

374 So.2d 22 (1979)

Thomas W. FOUTS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 78-1741.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 6, 1979.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1979.

Robert E. Jagger, Public Defender, and Jack D. Hoogewind, Asst. Public Defender, Dade City, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Eula Tuttle Mason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

DANAHY, Judge.

This appeal from a conviction of escape presents questions which have not previously been addressed by a Florida appellate court. We hold:

1. It is reversible error in an escape trial to allow the…