LEMMON, Justice.
Defendant was charged by bill of information with the crime of simple escape in violation of R.S. 14:110. After defendant's motion for a change of venue was heard and denied, defendant was tried and found guilty as charged by a unanimous jury verdict. The trial court sentenced defendant to five years (5) at hard labor, the sentence to run consecutively with any other sentence, as required by the statute. Defendant now appeals.
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