STATE v. EADS

No. 2-56981.

234 N.W.2d 108 (1975)

STATE of Iowa, Petitioner, v. William R. EADS, Judge of the District Court in and for Johnson County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Goetz, County Atty., and Lawrence L. Lynch, Asst. County Atty., for petitioner.

Daniel L. Bray, Johnson, Penny & Bray, Iowa City, for respondent.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and REES, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON and McCORMICK, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This certiorari proceeding presents the issue whether a county jail prisoner who fails to return following work release may be prosecuted for escape, a violation of § 745.8, The Code.

May 7, 1973, Thomas Shehorn was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property. He was sentenced to serve one year in the Johnson county jail. May 11, 1973 he made application for work release pursuant to what is now §§ 356.26 through...

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