Stanley v. State

ANDREE LAYTON Roaf, Justice.

Lawrence Stanley was convicted of escape from the Department of Correction, and aggravated robbery. He was sentenced to ten years and forty-five years respectively, to be served concurrently. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred 1) in ordering him to appear in the courtroom wearing handcuffs, and 2) in denying his motion for mistrial after the prosecutor, during opening statements, commented on other possible offenses committed by Stanley in another county. We affirm.

Stanley, along with two other inmates, escaped from a construction crew that was…