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FITE v. COMMONWEALTH

469 S.W.2d 357 (1971)

Ralph FITE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

July 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Catlett, Jr., Louisville, M. L. Perkinson, La Grange, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., George Rabe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

MILLIKEN, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Ralph Fite, was serving a sentence in the State Reformatory and on August 4, 1970, he escaped from Farm Detail #2 along with James Nalley, another prisoner. He was later found in St. Louis, Missouri, and on September, the fifth, was returned to Kentucky where he was indicted for escaping from confinement in violation of KRS 432.390. At his trial before a jury he was convicted on a plea of not guilty and was sentenced to five...

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