State v. Foster

The issue in this case is whether the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), ORS 135.775, applies to a Washington inmate who requested that he be brought to trial within 180 days on charges pending against him in Oregon but was parolled before the end of the period. IAD provides, among other things, a means by which a prisoner in one state may secure trial on charges that have been lodged against him in another state. The relevant portion, Article 111(a), provides:

“Whenever a person has entered upon a term of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution of a party state, and whenever…