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RUFFIN v. STATE

580 S.W.2d 799 (1979)

Ernest RUFFIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied April 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward G. Thompson, Shelby County Public Defender, Charles E. Baucum, Asst. Public Defender, Memphis, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard S. Maxwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Hugh W. Stanton, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Don A. Driver, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court April 9, 1979.

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Shelby County Criminal Court which approved a jury verdict finding the appellant, Ernest Ruffin, guilty of escape, and assessing as his punishment a penitentiary sentence of not less than one year nor more than five years.

In this appeal the appellant attacks the constitutionality of the escape statute and complains about the...

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