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STATE v. WEAVER

No. 770.

492 P.2d 144 (1971)

83 N.M. 362

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clyde A. WEAVER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennie Deden Behles, Daniel J. Behles, M. Rosenberg Law Offices, Carlsbad, for defendant-appellant.

David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., Prentis Reid Griffith, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

COWAN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment following his conviction for escape from jail contrary to § 40A-22-8, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 6).

We affirm.

The portion of the statute under which the defendant was convicted is as follows:

"Escape from jail consists of any person who shall have been lawfully committed to any jail, escaping or attempting to escape from such jail."

Defendant had been lawfully committed...

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