Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Oregon State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Decided January 14, 1975Published

1Per curiam

*56Petitioner seeks review of disciplinary action taken by the Superintendent of Oregon State Penitentiary. Petitioner was convicted in circuit court of attempted murder for his assault upon another inmate while both were serving sentences in OSP, and received a consecutive prison term. Subsequently, for the same assault the Superintendent imposed two years in segregation sanction under Prison Rule No. 4. He claims he was thus subjected to double jeopardy for the same offense.

Where the administrative sanction is first and the criminal sentence second, it is not double jeopardy. State v. Kennedy,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. BowlingCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1969
  2. State v. KennedyOregon Supreme Court · 1969

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