United States v. Clifford Bailey, United States of America v. Ronald Clifton Cooley, United States of America v. Ralph Walker

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

In United States v. Bailey, 585 F.2d 1087, 1091 (D.C.Cir.1978), Judge Wilkey dissenting, this court reversed the convictions of appellants Bailey, Cooley, and Walker for violations of the Federal Escape Act, 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) (1976), on the grounds that the District Court “did not properly instruct the jury as to what constitutes an ‘escape’ and excluded relevant evidence regarding duress from the jury’s consideration.” The Supreme Court in turn reversed that decision, United States v. Bailey, 444 U.S.…