Superior Court of Pennsylvania March 23, 1971, Appeal, No. 128 (Commonwealth v. Harris)

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

In April of 1963 appellant was being held at By-berry State Mental Hospital for observation. On April 11 he escaped and went to Pittsburgh, where he and a number of others participated in a series of armed robberies. Appellant was arrested on May 15 and incarcerated in the Allegheny County jail.