PER CURIAM.
Where an inmate escapes from prison and is not found for two years, plainly the State could not serve him with a capias for the crime of escape until defendant was recaptured. The two-year delay between the filing of the information for escape and the service of the capias (upon defendant's recapture) was manifestly reasonable within the meaning of subsection 775.15(5), Florida Statutes (1991). Having intentionally and successfully absented himself from...
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