Hodges v. State

George Howard, Jr., Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery by the trial court sitting as a jury and was sentenced to the Department of Correction for five years, with two years suspended. Appellant’s request for credit for the time spent in the county jail was denied.

Following appellant’s release from jail, after executing bond, on January 25, 1978, appellant failed to appear at a scheduled hearing on January 3, 1979. Pursuant to an alias warrant, appellant was arrested and confined to jail on a “no bond” status on January 5,1979, and remained incarcerated until the date of his conviction…