STATE v. McARTHUR

No. 41,748

186 Kan. 745 (1960)

352 P.2d 954

THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JOHN A. McARTHUR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 11, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant was on the brief pro se.

Austin Neal Wyrick, assistant county attorney, argued the cause, and John Anderson, Jr., attorney general, and Ethan Potter, county attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ROBB, J.:

This is an appeal from the trial court's conviction and sentence of the appellant-defendant for the commission of the crime of escape under G.S. 1949, 21-734.

The pertinent language of the information charged that defendant, while confined in the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing for a term of less than life and while working outside the walls of the prison as trusty, escaped from the custody of...

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