Carpenter v. State

As a result of his arrest for the crime of theft on October 31, 1974, defendant-appellant Bruce Carpenter (Carpenter) was incarcerated in the DeKalb County Jail. On November 2,1974, Carpenter escaped from the jail but was apprehended later that day. While awaiting trial, defendant again escaped from the jail on December 15,1974 and remained at large until May 1975 when he was located by California authorities. Waiving extradition, he was returned to Indiana and charged by information with two separate counts of jail breaking pursuant to IC 1971, 35-21-8-1 (Burns Code Ed.) which reads, in…