Jennings v. Cupp

The' question presented in this declaratory judgment proceeding is whether an offender whose parole from the penitentiary has been revoked and who has been jailed on another charge shall, receive credit on his unserved penitentiary sentence for the time spent in jail.

The offender had two years and four days left on his penitentiary sentence when an order revoking his parole was made on February 6, 1967. Two days later (February 8, 1967), he was arrested and jailed in Multnomah County on an unrelated charge (knowingly uttering and publishing a forged instrument of credit) and bail was set at…