United States First Circuit

Judgment upholding defendant's guilty plea for conspiracy to violate the Federal Escape Act, 18 U.S.C. section 751(a), is reversed where defendant was not in federal custody "by virtue of an arrest on a charge of felony, or conviction of any offense."

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2003
• Published 10/28/2003

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, SILER, Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rafael F. Castro Lang for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres-Pabon, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.