UTTER, J.
Does an escape toll the running of a prisoner's maximum sentence? We hold that it does and that the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles may properly extend the sentence's expiration date.
Petitioner Edward Ray Little was serving a maximum sentence of 15 years when he escaped from a work release facility in 1971. He successfully eluded the Washington authorities for several years, finally surrendering in 1979.
Upon his reincarceration, a disciplinary...
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