Lee v. State

BILLINGS, Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the Circuit Court of Reynolds County denying Sanford Lee’s motion to vacate judgments and consecutive sentences for breaking jail and escaping before conviction [§ 557.390, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.] which were imposed following his pleas of guilty. We affirm.

Appellant was arrested without a warrant by a Reynolds County deputy sheriff in the early morning hours of January 1, 1971, for the offense of leaving the scene of an accident [§ 564.450, RSMo 1969, V. A.M.S.]. Following his arrest the appellant sped away from the deputy in his automobile but…