STATE v. VERRETT

No. 59225.

347 So.2d 230 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Eugene VERRETT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred C. Jackson, St. Francisville, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon A. Picou, Jr., Dist. Atty., William E. Woodward, First Asst. Dist. Atty., A. Z. Butterworth, Sp. Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at hard labor upon his conviction of simple escape. La.R.S. 14:110 A(1) (1975).

The defendant's single assignment of error complains that his motion for a new trial was incorrectly denied. He claims no evidence at all shows that he escaped from the lawful custody of a law enforcement or corrections officer.

The context facts show:

The defendant was sentenced to the Department...

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