Foster v. State

Appellant was arrested on April 26, 1962, for the robbery of Howard T. McClain and placed in the Etowah County Jail. Since appellant at the time of this arrest was on parole from serving a sentence for another offense committed within the State of Alabama, he was then transferred to Kilby Prison for violation of his parole to resume service of this sentence for the prior offense.

Appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury of Etowah County for the McClain robbery on September 20, 1962, and a certified copy of the writ of arrest on the indictment for this offense was sent by the sheriff to him at…