Kephart v. State

This is an appeal from denial, after a hearing, of Post-Conviction Relief. We affirm.

Appellant pled guilty to armed robbery in 1970 and was sentenced to fifteen (15) years. On September 11,1972 appellant escaped from the custody of the Department of Corrections. He remained at large until March, 1979 when he was arrested on a South Carolina fugitive warrant in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Appellant remained imprisoned in Pennsylvania for approximately sixteen (16) months while he contested extradition. In June, 1980 he waived further extradition proceedings after the Pennsylvania Court of Appeals…