People v. Owens

BEOWN (Gerald), P. J.

The defendant, Charles M. Owens, appeals from a judgment of conviction of escape from prison camp (Pen. Code, § 4530, subd. (b)).

The defendant, a prisoner at the Southern California Conservation Center, was assigned to a forest fire-fighting crew working away from the prison camp; he was under the supervision of a foreman of the Division of Forestry. This use of inmates to fight forest fires was by agreement of the Department of Corrections and the Division of Forestry. Defendant left the fire lines without permission; he was apprehended three months later.

Penal Code,…