State v. Whitaker

Defendant had been sentenced by the municipal court of the city of Omaha to 6 months in the county jail and fined $500 for indecent exposure. After a short period; in the county jail, defendant, who was 26 years of age and married, was assigned by the Douglas County sheriff’s office to the Clearview Rehabilitation Center, a minimum security institution. Defendant walked away from that institution and left the state. He was apprehended at Des Moines, Iowa.

Defendant pled guilty to an information drawn under section 28-736, R. R. S. 1943, charging unlawfully breaking custody and escape. After a…