BENTLEY v. STATE


938 S.W.2d 706 (1996)

Kenneth A. BENTLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ardena J. Garth, District Public Defender, Donna Robinson Miller, Asst. District Public Defender, Chattanooga, for Appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General & Reporter, Darian B. Taylor, Asst. Attorney General, Nashville, Gary D. Gerbitz, District Attorney General, Leland Davis, Asst. District Attorney General, Chattanooga, for Appellee.


No Application for Permission to Appeal to the Supreme Court.

OPINION

PEAY, Judge.

The petitioner pled guilty on June 15, 1994, to escape from a penal institution in violation of T.C.A. § 39-16-605 (1991). At the time of the alleged escape offense, the defendant was serving a ten year Community Corrections sentence for previous drug offenses. The trial court sentenced him to one year in prison, with the sentence to run consecutively to...

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