State v. Brown, Ca2006-10-120 (10-29-2007)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Shirley Brown, appeals her conviction in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas on one count of complicity to escape.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm appellant's conviction.

{¶ 2} This case arises out of appellant's involvement with Joseph Huffman, an inmate of the Lebanon Correctional Institution in Warren County, Ohio, following his unauthorized departure from prison. On a Friday evening in June 2006, Huffman, who was working on the unsecured farm area of the prison, took a state-owned truck and proceeded to drive off the premises. Huffman drove…