Ryan v. State

Appellant was in custody serving a twenty-five year commitment upon a conviction of second degree murder. While so incarcerated, he held up the deputy warden at gun-point, took from him approximately $50.00 and escaped from prison, allegedly in the warden’s step-daughter’s automobile. He subsequently left the State of Florida and either was apprehended or turned himself in while in the State of Illinois.

After being returned to Florida, he was charged by way of information on three charges, i. e., robbery, escape and larceny of an automobile. On June 29, 1961 appellant was arraigned and…