State v. Bledsoe

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Ronnie Gene Bledsoe, appeals from sentence following his plea of guilty to the crime of escape in violation of Code section 247A.6. He asserts the trial court erred in overruling his motion to dismiss the charge filed against him and in accepting his guilty plea. We affirm.

On May 23, 1971, defendant, a convicted felon, left the Riverview Release Center at Newton, Jasper County, Iowa to which he had been committed. He was apprehended in New Mexico and returned to Iowa May 30, 1971. He was incarcerated in the Jasper County jail until June 23 at which time he was…