Evans v. Mitchell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

In this proceeding appellant, incarcerated in another state, seeks speedy disposition of criminal charges against him in Kansas.

The record reveals the following:

Appellant is confined in the Washington state penitentiary under a fifteen year sentence. Some time after his commitment to that institution a complaint against him alleging the offense of grand larceny was filed in the county court of Butler county, Kansas, and a warrant for his arrest was issued. On March 3, 1966, a copy of this warrant and a detainer for appellant were filed with…