Lofton v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant was found guilty of the offense of escape. OCGA § 16-10-52. Although defendant stipulated to the facts which formed the basis of the charge against him, at trial he moved for a directed ver*409diet of acquittal based on the State’s alleged violation of the provisions of OCGA § 17-8-50. That section provides as follows: “The trial of inmates escaping from a state or county correctional institution shall take place in the superior court of the county in which the escape occurs, and inmates so escaping shall remain in the correctional institution after their apprehension and…