KEEL v. STATE

No. AP-10.

438 So.2d 850 (1983)

William Joel KEEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula S. Saunders, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


JOANOS, Judge.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the information charging him with attempted escape because it is a non-existent crime. We have determined that appellant was properly charged in the information and that the crime of attempted escape does exist. Therefore we affirm.

The information charged that appellant, "being lawfully confined as a prisoner in a prison, jail, road camp, or other penal institution...

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