Commonwealth v. Banner

BROSKY, Judge:

In 1979, appellant was convicted of four criminal counts arising out of an attempted prison escape in which he participated in 1978. He received a sentence of 15-30 years imprisonment for the crimes of assault by prisoner, 1 aggravated assault, 2 criminal attempt to commit escape, 3 and possession of implements for escape. 4 On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in two respects. First, he assigns error to the granting of an application to extend the trial date made by the Commonwealth. Second, he contends that the trial court should have granted a mistrial because the…