Legal Opinion

State v. Swisher

Idaho Court of Appeals

Decided May 13, 1994No. 20642PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LANSING, Judge.

Trent Swisher appeals from his conviction for felony escape, I.C. § 18-2505. He as*798serts error in the district court’s denial of Swisher’s motion to dismiss the charges. We find his arguments to be unpersuasive and affirm.

In early February 1998, Swisher was incarcerated in the Washington County, Idaho, jail, awaiting extradition to California upon a warrant issued by that state. Swisher had been charged in California with two felonies as well as a violation of terms of the probation he was serving on a previous felony conviction. On February 7, 1993, Swisher escaped from the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. State v. NelsonIdaho Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. People v. DavisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1985
  4. State v. NabIdaho Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. People v. PalmerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. ShanksIdaho Court of Appeals · 2003

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