DANAHY, Judge.
This appeal from a conviction of escape presents questions which have not previously been addressed by a Florida appellate court. We hold:
1. It is reversible error in an escape trial to allow the state to reveal to the jury the nature of the crime for which the defendant was serving a term of imprisonment at the time of the alleged escape.
2. Voluntary intoxication is a defense to the crime of escape in the sense that evidence of the...
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