Bell v. State

BRETT, Judge.

Anthony J. Bell, Jr., was charged in the district court of Atoka County with escape from prison. On trial the jury found him guilty, fixed his punishment at two years in the state penitentiary, and he has appealed.

At the time of his escape, defendant was serving a four-year sentence, assessed by the district court of Tulsa County on March 25, 1964, on conviction of burglary in the second degree, after former conviction of felony.

This complaint was filed October 5, 1964 before the county judge as committing magistrate, charges that the defendant escaped from the Oklahoma State…