State v. Lewis

On March 10, 1971, Robert O. Lewis was found guilty before a judge and jury in the Superior Court on two indictments charging him with murder.’ Following the denial of motions for a new trial, concurrent sentences of life imprisonment were imposed, and he was committed to the Adult Correctional Institutions. Pending hearing in this court on his bill of exceptions the defendant escaped from custody, whereupon the state moved that his' bill of exceptions be dismissed on the ground that he was a fugitive from justice. That motion was denied but without prejudice to the state’s right to renew,…