Hamby v. State

Appellants-defendants were punished administratively for escaping from the Wyoming State Penitentiary by loss of “good time” previously granted as a matter of grace under § 7-325(c), W.S.1957, 1975 Cum.Supp., and were subsequently convicted in the district court of, and sentenced for, the crime of escape from a penal institution, arising from the same factual circumstances, in violation of § 6-167, W.S. 1957, 1975 Cum.Supp. Since the cases raise the same issue pertaining to double jeopardy, they have been consolidated for purposes of this appeal.

We hold, as have innumerable jurisdictions,…