State v. Callies

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of escaping custody before conviction and robbery in the first degree. Punishment was assessed at six months and five years respectively.

On May 16, 1977, defendant Lorenzo Cal-lies was a prisoner at the Medium Security Institution in the City of St. Louis. On the morning of May 16, 1977, between 9:30 and 10:00, defendant and several other prisoners made an unauthorized departure from the confines of that institution. Carl Gilmore, correctional manager of the institution, and Officer Henry Wins, supervisor of record…