Williams v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge.

The appellant, Paul Ray Williams, was convicted in the District Court of Cleveland County, Case No. CRF-83-10, of Escape From a Penal Institution, was sentenced to forty-two months’ imprisonment, assessed court costs and the court-appointed counsel fees, and he appeals.

Testimony from the State’s witness and the appellant himself establishes that on December 21, 1982, at 2:30 p.m., the appellant, an inmate at the Joseph Harp Correctional Center who was serving a seven year term for Burglary in the Second Degree, was observed walking north on Highway 77 by two correction…