United States Third Circuit

Conviction under the federal escape statute, 18 U.S.C. section 751, is affirmed where defendant escaped from "custody" within the meaning of the statute when he arranged for a forged court order purporting to vacate his federal sentence to be presented to Pennsylvania state prison officials and, as a result, was released at the end of his state sentence rather than turned over to federal officials to begin serving his federal sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/13/2015
• Published 07/13/2015

Judges

• CHAGARES

Court

• United States Third Circuit

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