STATE v. COX

No. 58835.

344 So.2d 1024 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. William L. COX.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Sheila C. Myers, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator.

Dean Latsios, Jack Cooley, Michael H. Ellis, Supervising Atty., Tulane Clinical Education Program, Archie B. Creech, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, William L. Cox, pleaded guilty to simple burglary, La.R.S. 14:62, and received a three-year sentence to the Louisiana Department of Corrections. While serving this time defendant was charged with and pleaded guilty to simply escape from the Jackson Barracks Work Release Program, La.R.S. 14:110(A). For the crime of simple escape defendant was sentenced to six months at hard labor to run consecutively with any other sentence.

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