ROBERTS v. STATE

51479.

137 Ga. App. 215 (1976)

223 S.E.2d 256

ROBERTS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll L. Cowart, for appellant.

John W. Underwood, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced in Tattnall Superior Court for the offense of escape. His motion for a new trial based on the general grounds was overruled and he appeals.

Appellant admitted the commission of the offense of escape, in that he walked away from a work detail just outside the fence surrounding a portion of the prison reservation. He was recaptured without resistance some thirty minutes later, after the...

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