United States v. Robert Eugene Majors

WARREN L. JONES, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Robert Eugene Majors, was convicted on a plea of guilty of escaping from a Federal penitentiary in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 751(a). He has appealed from a judgment on the guilty plea and a sentence of three years imprisonment.

While enjoying his temporary freedom following his escape from prison, Majors stole a car and drove it across a state line and in so doing made himself liable to prosecution under the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2311 et seq. At the hearing when Majors withdrew his not guilty plea and made his plea of guilty to the escape…