Kimbrell v. State

The appellant, Douglas Kimbrell, was convicted of escape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-10-31, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

The state's evidence tended to show that on June 5, 1990, the appellant escaped from the Elmore County Correctional Facility while serving a 15-year sentence for receiving stolen property in the second degree. He escaped while on a work release with the City of Wetumpka Parks and Recreation Department. On April 26, 1993, he was arrested in Yuma, Arizona, and was…