State v. Pruett

*42The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant in a criminal action. The defendant-appellant, Gary D. Pruett, was tried by the district judge sitting without a jury. He was convicted and sentenced under an information charging aggravated battery as defined by K. S. A. 1971 Supp. 21-3414 in count one and aggravated escape from custody as defined by K. S. A. 1971 Supp. 21-3810 in count two. In this opinion we will refer to the appellant as the defendant or Pruett.

This case arose out of an altercation which occurred at the Knotty Pine Tavern in…