Lamar v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Eugene Lamar’s appeals originate from two state court misdemeanor traffic cases arising in October 1999, which were consoli*736dated for disposition in the court below.1 We consolidate them for purposes of this appeal, since they involve precisely the same issue on the same set of facts.

The record shows that, shortly after his arrest in 1999, Lamar was released on bond on the instant traffic offenses. Thereafter, he was incarcerated on and off between 1999 and 2002 on unrelated offenses. Prior to August 2002, he was paroled from an unrelated offense. In August 2002, Lamar came…