Jones v. State

INZER, Justice:

ON MOTION

Appellant, Charles Jones, was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Coving-ton County for the crime of felonious assault upon an officer. He was sentenced to serve a term of four years in the State Penitentiary and he perfected an appeal to this Court. When the record reached this Court the State filed a motion to dismiss his appeal for the reason that appellant had escaped from jail and was a fugitive from justice. Counsel for appellant answered the motion but did not controvert the fact that appellant had escaped jail and was a fugitive. On September 23, 1968,…