State v. Walton

DONNELLY, Judge.

This Court ordered transfer of this cause, Rule 83.03, Mo. Const, art. V, § 10 (1945), to determine whether the circuit court had jurisdiction to accept appellant’s guilty pleas.1 We conclude jurisdiction was properly exercised, and affirm.

Appellant was imprisoned in Florida when the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office lodged a detainer against him April 11, 1984, reference crimes with which he was charged in Missouri. On November 11, 1984, pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, (IAD), § 217.490, RSMo 1986, Walton submitted to Florida prison officials his request…