BOWEN, Presiding Judge.
Carl Rupert Smith was convicted for escape in the first degree and sentenced to ninety-nine years' imprisonment as a habitual felony offender. Two issues are raised on this appeal from that conviction.
I
Smith contends that the trial court committed reversible error because it failed to inform the jury of his plea of not guilty prior to the commencement of the trial or the taking of testimony. At the beginning of his oral...
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