State v. Croney

DONNELLY, Judge.

Defendant, Jerry Croney, was convicted of escaping from a State institution, in which he was lawfully confined, under § 557.351 (Added Laws 1959, H.B. No. 10, § 1, as amended Laws 1961, p. 331, § 1), by a jury in the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri, and his punishment under the provisions of the Habitual Criminal Act, § 556.280, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. (as amended Laws 1959, S.B. 117), was assessed at imprisonment in the custody of the State Department of Corrections for a term of two years and six months. Following rendition of judgment and imposition of sentence an appeal…