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PEOPLE v. HANDY

No. 28515.

603 P.2d 941 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roger Lester HANDY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Kathleen M. Bowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, State Public Defender, Michael Heher, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.

ERICKSON, Justice.

Roger Lester Handy has appealed his conviction for escape from confinement at the Colorado State Penitentiary. Section 18-8-208(2), C.R.S. 1973 (now in 1978 Repl. Vol. 8). He has asserted a number of grounds for reversal, none of which are persuasive. For reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm.

Handy was confined at the medium security unit of the Colorado State Penitentiary. Because Handy was within two years of his parole eligibility...

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