State v. Patterson

CLEMENS, Acting Presiding Judge.

Appeal from a bond forfeiture.

Defendant Patterson was convicted of second-degree murder on April 16, 1970. After successfully appealing his conviction he was released on $7,500 bond. Retrial was set for January 3, 1973 but defendant failed to appear because he was in custody in Colorado pending trial there. Defendant moved procedural!/ to avoid a bond forfeiture. On January 23, 1973 prior to trial in Colorado defendant filed with the trial court a notice of his “imprisonment” in Colorado pursuant to the Agreement on Detainers (§ 222.160 RSMo 1969, V.A.M. S.,…