Davis v. State

OPINION

The appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of felony escape. His punishment was enhanced by two prior felony convictions, and the jury assessed the minimum enhanced sentence of twenty-five years in the penitentiary. On appeal, he argued, inter alia, that the State failed to bring him to trial within the time limits prescribed by the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (IADA), and that the trial court therefore erred in failing to dismiss the indictment against him with prejudice in accordance with the remedial terms of that statute.1 In an unpublished opinion, the Dallas…