Case Name: Jack Thomas CURRIE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-10-06
Citations: 605 So. 2d 971
Docket Number: No. 91-2250
Parties: Jack Thomas CURRIE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 605
Pages: 971–971

Head Matter:
Jack Thomas CURRIE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-2250.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 6, 1992.
Robert Augustus Harper, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Consuelo Maingot, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
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 state custody, defendant will not now be heard to say the state authorities should have captured him sooner. The decision relied on by defendant, Fleming v. State, 524 So.2d 1146 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), is not to the contrary, for it hinges entirely upon the failure of the state to present evidence at a hearing on the issue.
Affirmed.