Pruitt v. State

Clark, Judge.

Appellant was indicted jointly with two others for the offense of escape. The indictment charged that, "the said Danile Freddy Pruitt did then and there unlawfully after having been convicted of the offense of Superior Court of Bartow County [sic] . . . did intentionally escape from Carroll County Correctional Institution.” Appellant was convicted in a trial before a jury and was sentenced to serve three years consecutive to his remaining prison term.

Nearly one year after his conviction, appellant filed a motion for a new trial as to his sentence. He contended that since the…