State v. Kolb

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

This is an appeal as a matter of right by Charles T. Kolb pursuant Rule 3(b), T.R. A.P. following his conviction by the Davidson County Criminal Court for escape from the Tennessee Department of Correction. Appellant received a sentence of from one to five years incarceration. A single issue is presented for appellate review:

Whether the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to dismiss due to a lack of speedy trial.

The record reveals that appellant, along with three co-defendants, escaped from our Department of Correction on September 28, 1981. On January 22,…