State v. Thomas

On December 7, 1976, Tommy Thomas, defendant and appellant, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon arising out of an altercation with a Pocatello police officer. While awaiting trial following a plea of not guilty, appellant was incarcerated in the Bannock County jail. With another prisoner’s assistance, appellant assaulted a deputy sheriff with a homemade knife under threats of death, handcuffed the deputy to a jail post, and escaped from the Bannock County jail on December 25, 1976. He was later apprehended and charged in a three count complaint with assault with a…