State v. Rinkes

49 Wn.2d 664 (1957)

306 P.2d 205

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

RICHARD A. RINKES, Appellant.[1]

No. 33632.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 14, 1957.

Alan L. Froelich, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll, Laurence D. Regal, and James J. Caplinger, for respondent.

OTT, J.

Chapter 320, Laws of 1955, p. 1419, amending the law relating to the crime of escape, became effective June 8, 1955. The amended law is as follows:

RCW 9.31.005: "The term `escape,' for the purposes of this chapter, shall mean the unlawful departure of a prisoner from the custody of a penal or correctional…