PATCHETTE v. STATE

No. 84-1680.

374 N.W.2d 397 (1985)

William L. PATCHETTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Appellate Defender, and Deborah Goins, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sarah J. Coats, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McCORMICK, LARSON, CARTER, and WOLLE, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

William L. Patchette was released on a "work-seeking furlough" from the medium-security facility at Mt. Pleasant when he left the home where he was staying, to go jogging, and, apparently, just kept on going. He was later apprehended and, on September 21, 1982, was charged with violating six rules of the Mt. Pleasant facility. Apparently, through an oversight by prison officials, he was not charged with...

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