RICHARDS v. STATE

No. 964.

451 P.2d 359 (1969)

Gary Lee RICHARDS, a/k/a Gary Lee Hardin, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Staley, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Fred Crane, Acting Dist. Atty., Bertha Mary Morse, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ.


OPINION

DIMOND, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of two escapes from custody or confinement under a statute which makes it a punishable offense for one

to escape from * * * a jail or institution in which he is * * * confined by direction of a court in this state * * *.1

The scene of the escape was the state jail at Fairbanks, where appellant had been an inmate by reason of a prior conviction of burglary. On...

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