Case Name: David B. STAUFFACHER v. STATE of Mississippi
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1974-08-19
Citations: 299 So. 2d 188
Docket Number: No. 48035
Parties: David B. STAUFFACHER v. STATE of Mississippi.
Judges: GILLESPIE, C. J., and PATTERSON, INZER and ROBERTSON, JJ, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 299
Pages: 188–188

Head Matter:
David B. STAUFFACHER v. STATE of Mississippi.
No. 48035.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Aug. 19, 1974.
Grover C. Coleman, A. K. Edwards, Men-denhall, for appellant.
A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gil-foy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
SMITH, Justice:
David B. Stauffacher was indicted for burglary. He was tried upon that charge in the Circuit Court of Simpson County. He was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the penitentiary.
From that conviction and sentence an appeal to this Court was perfected. However, during the pendency of the appeal, Stauf-facher escaped from confinement and is presently a fugitive from justice. Under these circumstances, the appeal is finally dismissed, subject to reinstatement only upon good cause being shown therefor.
Appeal dismissed.
GILLESPIE, C. J., and PATTERSON, INZER and ROBERTSON, JJ, concur.