State v. Martin

DONNELLY, Judge.

Defendant, Carl Martin, was convicted of escaping from a State institution, in which he was lawfully confined, by a jury in the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri, and his punishment was assessed at-two years in the custody of the State Department of Corrections. V.A.M.S., § 557.-351 (Added Laws 1959, H.B. No. 10, § 1, as amended Laws 1961, p. 331, § 1). Following rendition of judgment and imposition of sentence in accordance with the verdict, an appeal was perfected to this Court.

On September 8, 1964, defendant was arraigned, was given an opportunity to exercise his right…