SANDERS, Chief Justice.
The State charged the defendant, Reuben Collins, with simple escape in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:110(A), in that on or about February 15, 1973, he unlawfully and intentionally departed from the legal custody of the Sheriff of Ouachita Parish and from the Ouachita Parish Jail, where he was lawfully detained after having been sentenced to a term of nine years imprisonment in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
The defendant...
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