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FUNK v. COM.

Record No. 0059-92-4.

432 S.E.2d 193 (1993)

Robert V. FUNK v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

July 6, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

(Carl N. Lauer, Niles, Dulaney, Parker & Lauer, on brief), for appellant. Appellant submitting on brief.

(Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Thomas C. Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee. Appellee submitting on brief.

Present: BARROW, WILLIS and FITZPATRICK, JJ.

BARROW, Judge.

The defendant appeals from a conviction for escape from jail. We hold that his right to a speedy trial under Code § 19.2-243 required that he be tried within five months after he was detained in Virginia following indictment even though he was detained in a different jurisdiction from that in which his charge was pending.

The defendant escaped from the Fauquier County jail on December 12, 1988. He was arrested in Pennsylvania on March 29...

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