State v. McGregory

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction of escape from confinement, § 575.210 RSMo 1978. The trial court sentenced defendant to two years’ imprisonment as a prior and persistent offender. We affirm.

On October 22, 1982, defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to a five year term of imprisonment. Defendant was transferred from the State Correctional Pre-Release Center in Tipton to the St. Mary’s Honor Center in St. Louis on July 6, 1983.

On January 6, 1984, defendant left St. Mary’s without permission. On January 10, 1984, detectives arrested defendant at his home.…