People v. Wilson

Opinion by

Judge PIERCE.

Defendant, Leonard George Wilson, appeals from the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of assault-during-escape and aggravated robbery. We affirm.

The charges arise out of defendant’s escape from the Mesa County jail in November 1978 while awaiting disposition of an earlier escape charge. During the escape, defendant and another inmate, George Wilson Clark, overpowered a jail officer. Clark grabbed the officer in a half-headlock, placed a handmade knife against the officer's neck, and threatened to kill him.

Defendant touched the officer’s…