Court Opinion

ID: 9651445
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 16:19:37.404476+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:33.807181
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Price, J.:
I cannot agree with the majority’s conclusion that appellant’s acts were confined to preparation and contemplation, therefore, I must respectfully dissent.
The facts are fully set forth in the majority opinion and need not be repeated. The evidence is sufficient to establish that appellant went over a forbidden fence, albeit still within the physical confines of the prison, cut a piece of barbed wire and tripped the alarm system designed and equipped to alert the authorities to attempts *588at prison breach. Any one of these three acts "would, in my opinion, take appellant beyond preparation and contemplation. Accordingly, there is more than sufficient evidence to sustain appellant’s conviction.
I would affirm the judgment of sentence.