STERNBERG, Judge.
The defendant, John Joseph Trujillo, appeals his conviction of the crime of escape. His principal contention of error is that the court unduly limited the evidence that he could present tending to show that he fled the penitentiary because of fears of physical abuse, including those of a sexual nature, from other inmates. We agree and therefore reverse and remand for a new trial.
Trujillo was a prisoner in the state penitentiary, having previously...
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