Legal Opinion
United States v. Clifford Bailey, United States of America v. Ronald Clifton Cooley, United States of America v. Ralph Walker
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 19, 1978No. 77-1404, 77-1413 and 77-1502PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge:
Appellants in these criminal jury cases were convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) (1976)1 by escaping “from the custody of the Attorney General” when they departed from the New Detention Center of the District of Columbia Jail (“Northeast One”) in the early morning hours of August 26, 1976. Appellants Bailey and Walker had been brought from federal prisons where they were serving sentences for federal crimes to the D.C. Jail pursuant to writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum issued by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia2; appellant Cooley was…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial Dist., Santa Clara Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by45 opinions
- United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Edgar Cherry GantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Harold M. NewcombCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Clifford Bailey, United States of America v. Ronald Clifton Cooley, United States of America v. Ralph WalkerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Leonard D. SingletonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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