Price v. State

333 So.2d 84 (1976)

Paul W. PRICE, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. Y-266.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 9, 1976.

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and Michael J. Minerva, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

The question presented here is whether one who fails to timely return from a furlough from county jail may be charged with the crime of escape pursuant to Florida Statute 944.40.

Appellant was serving a one year sentence in the St. Johns…