Hux v. State

554 P.2d 82 (1976)

Ruel HUX, Jr., Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

No. F-76-269.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

August 27, 1976.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1976.

Reid K. Mayfield, Atoka, for appellant.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., Robert L. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, Ruel Hux, Jr., hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Atoka County, Case No. CRF-75-52, for the offense of Escape From a State Penitentiary, in violation of 21 O.S. 1971, § 443. The jury fixed his punishment at…