Gray v. Oregon State Board of Parole

Petitioner appeals from an order in which the Board of Parole determined that his sentence had commenced on July 30, 1980. We find no error and affirm the order.

Petitioner was convicted in a federal court for kidnapping and received a life sentence on October 10, 1965. He subsequently was convicted of murder in an Oregon court and received a life sentence for that crime on December 6, 1965. The Oregon sentence reads, in pertinent part:

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the defendant, Wilfred Marion Gray, be sentenced to imprisonment for life in the Oregon State Penitentiary, said…