Allen v. State

Massey Lee Allen was indicted and convicted of escape in the first degree under Alabama Code 1975, § 13A-10-31. He was sentenced to life imprisonment as a habitual offender.

Allen, an inmate of the Alabama Department of Corrections, was placed on the Supervised Intensive Restitution (SIR) Program on May 26, 1983. Under the SIR Program, state inmates are permitted to live with a sponsor under the supervision of a state correctional officer. The program requires that the sponsor be a relative of the inmate. The inmate must also abide by a curfew.

Allen's sponsor was his mother, and his curfew was…