HOWELL v. STATE

No. BI-16.

503 So.2d 409 (1987)

Samuel HOWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Whitney Strickland, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Patricia Conners, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This cause is before us on appeal from a judgment and sentence adjudicating appellant guilty of escape and sentencing him to 15 years of imprisonment. The issue raised is whether the trial court erred in failing to give the Standard Jury Instructions concerning the essential elements of the crime of escape. We affirm.

Although the trial judge deviated from the Standard Jury Instruction regarding escape, he sufficiently articulated the elements...

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