SLOAN, Justice.
Defendant was convicted of the charge of attempting to escape from the Oregon penitentiary. Prior to his trial and conviction on the above charge, defendant's previously accumulated "good time" of about 400 days had been administratively cancelled by reason of the attempted escape. Defendant claimed that charging him with a crime for the same cause that eliminated his good time accumulation was double jeopardy. The trial court denied the plea and defendant...
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