LEWIS v. STATE

No. 74-1243.

318 So.2d 529 (1975)

Freddie LEWIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Dayton, of Dayton, Peel & Gibbs, Dade City, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


McNULTY, Chief Judge.

Appellant, a juvenile, appeals his escape conviction. We reverse.

Appellant was incarcerated in the Pasco County Jail to which he had been committed after a guilty plea involving charges of auto theft. It appears that while serving his sentence on those charges he and another prisoner became involved in an apparent escape. The other prisoner succeeded in fully escaping, but appellant climbed up a radio antenna onto the roof of the jail...

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