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STATE v. JONES

No. 63671.

299 N.W.2d 679 (1980)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. L. T. JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo G. Parrish and Linda Del Gallo of Parrish & Del Gallo, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Julie F. Pottorff, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Michael P. Short, Lee County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, McGIVERIN, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This criminal appeal involves a problem of consecutive sentencing.

Defendant L. T. Jones was under commitment to the penitentiary at Fort Madison pursuant to a prior sentence. At the time in question he was in custody of officers who were returning him to the penitentiary from University Hospitals in Iowa City. He escaped from the officers and, while on escape, operated a truck without the owner's consent. Subsequently he was apprehended...

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