People v. Pruitt

This is a ease of statutory construction, and the application of the statute to agreed facts.

The accepted statement of fact is herewith set out.

“On April 6, 1968, the defendant and appellant was sentenced to a minimum term of 2-1/2 years and a maximum sentence of ten years from Wayne County on a breaking and entering charge. On July 6, 1968, while he was incarcerated in the State Prison of Southern Michigan at Jackson on the prior sentence, appellant escaped and was apprehended the same day.” (Transcript p 9.)

“On September 13, 1968, an order was entered granting appellant a new trial on the…