State v. Tibbetts

WERNICK, Justice.

On November 19, 1976, defendant Vance G. Tibbetts was indicted in the Superior Court (Somerset County) for the offense of escape, in violation of 17 — A M.R.S.A. § 755. He was tried before a jury and found guilty as charged.

We deny defendant’s appeal from the judgment of conviction.

On June 2, 1976, while defendant was serving a sentence in the Maine State Prison in Thomaston, a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum was issued pursuant to which a duly authorized officer transported defendant to Somerset County to be tried in the Superior Court on a charge of high and…