Blassingame v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted and convicted in Murray County for the offenses of burglary (two counts), and one count of aggravated assault. The defendant was sentenced to twenty years on each burglary, the sentences of these two counts to run concurrently, and ten years on the aggravated assault charge, to run consecutively with the burglary counts, for a total sentence of 30 years in prison.

After defendant’s notice of appeal was filed but before this case was argued, a motion to dismiss defendant’s appeal on the ground that he had escaped and was no longer in custody was…