Jones v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

The appellant, Arthur Lee Jones, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Pittsburg County, Case No. CRF-75-20, for the crime of Escape from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. From a sentence of two (2) years defendant has perfected this timely appeal.

The facts displayed that the defendant was serving time in the State Penitentiary on January 5, 1975, and was assigned to the Trusty Building. The defendant was head of the clothing distribution department and due to his part in instituting new numbering policies,…