Goodner v. State

Miles Goodner was convicted by a jury of the offense of jail breaking.1 On April 20, 1978, he was sentenced to not less than one year nor more than five years. Goodner presents two issues on appeal:

1. The court should have dismissed the information since the defendant was sixteen years old and, therefore, could not be legally confined in a “county lockup.”

2. The State failed to prove that the defendant was confined in a jail or prison and further that he intended to escape “lawful confinement.”

*313 FACTS

On July 27, 1977, Goodner was delivered by the Marion County Sheriff into the custody of…