State v. Croghan

Defendant appeals his conviction of escape in the second degree. ORS 162.155. Defendant contends that he did not escape from the correctional facility in which he was confined when he absconded from the law library across the street from that facility. He therefore asserts that he should have been convicted of a lesser offense: escape in the third degree or, alternatively, unauthorized departure. We review for errors of law, ORS 138.220, and affirm.

Defendant was an inmate at the Union County Correctional Facility awaiting trial. At defendant’s request, a deputy sheriff escorted him to the law…