BILLINGS, Judge.
Defendant Lowell Eugene Woods was jury-tried and convicted of escaping from custody [§ 575.200, RSMo 1978] while under arrest for burglary and sentenced to one year in the Greene County jail. He contends the evidence was insufficient to show he was under arrest when he "boogied" away from the officers and into nearby woods. He also assigns error in the trial court's failure to give an instruction on justification. We affirm.
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