United States v. Lonzell Demetric Gowdy

DUBINA, Chief Judge:

Appellant Lonzell Demetric Gowdy appeals his conviction for escaping from federal custody in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). Gowdy contends that his failure to turn himself in following his mistaken release from Alabama state custody was not an escape from custody, as required by § 751(a), because he was not in federal custody. We disagree and affirm his conviction.

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Gowdy was in the custody of the State of Mississippi, but was transported, pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus, to the Northern District of Alabama, where the federal district court convicted and sentenced him…