VOWELL v. STATE

69660.

174 Ga. App. 426 (1985)

330 S.E.2d 167

VOWELL v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Keith Rollins, Lisa A. Brown, for appellant.

Frank C. Winn, District Attorney, for appellee.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Vowell was convicted by a Douglas County jury of the offense of escape from lawful confinement. Evidence of an escape from Vowell's cell was discovered by jail personnel, and appellant and another escapee were apprehended in an Atlanta motel. Vowell contended at trial that he was coerced into escaping by the threats of a fellow escapee who had held a knife at his throat. On appeal Vowell enumerates as error the trial court's failure...

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