Ex Parte McCurdy

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is a felony post-conviction habeas corpus application brought pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P.

On February 13, 1978, petitioner was convicted of escape and sentenced to two years. By application for habeas corpus petitioner now contends his conviction is void because the indictment is fundamentally defective. The indictment in relevant part alleges that petitioner did:

“knowingly and intentionally escape from his confinement in Woodlawn Detention Center where he was in custody of F. N. Gilbert, at the said penal institution. ...”

The crime of escape is defined in…