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FOUTS v. STATE

No. 78-1785.

375 So.2d 347 (1979)

Thomas W. FOUTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Jagger, Public Defender, and Jack D. Hoogewind, Asst. Public Defender, Dade City, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Eula Tuttle Mason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

OTT, Acting Chief Judge.

While confined at the Pasco County Detention Center awaiting trial on another charge, appellant escaped. As a result, he was convicted of the crime of escape, from which he brings this appeal. He advances three reasons why his conviction should be overturned. We find merit in one.

For the reasons set forth in Fouts v. State, 374 So.2d 22 (Fla.2d DCA, 1979), we agree with appellant that the...

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