SMITH v. STATE

SMITH v. STATE
1969 OK CR 324
466 P.2d 654
Case Number: A-14599
Decided: 12/03/1969
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from the District Court of Pittsburg County; Robert J. Bell, District Judge.

Carrol Lee Smith was convicted of the crime of escape and appeals. Judgment and sentence affirmed.

Charles V. Foor, McAlester, for plaintiff in error.

G.T. Blankenship, Atty. Gen., Glenn E. Ricks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

¶1 This is an appeal from a conviction for the crime of "Escape." Plaintiff in error, escaped from custody while he was at the University Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was an inmate of the state penitentiary and was granted special permission to attend the hospital for his own benefit, when he escaped from the custody of the guard. Defendant was tried on the charge, without a jury, and the court assessed his punishment at two years confinement.

¶2 After examining the briefs and record filed in this case, we are of the opinion defendant's contention that he was denied a speedy trial is without merit, and the appeal herein should therefore be affirmed.

¶3 It is therefore the order of the Court that the judgment and sentence in Pittsburg County District Court case number 6102 shall be affirmed.

BUSSEY, J., concurs.

NIX, J., not participating.