People v. Alexander

On January 10, 1971, defendant escaped from the trustee division of the state prison in Jackson, Michigan. He was later apprehended and charged with the crime of prison escape. MCLA 750.193; MSA 28.390. Defendant was tried by a jury on April 6,1971, and was found guilty. He was sentenced to a term of from 1-1/2 to 5 years in prison, and he now appeals raising two issues.

1. Does the combination of administrative forfeiture of earned good time and the criminal conviction and sentence for a single act of “escape” violate the double jeopardy prohibition of the Fifth Amendment?

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