United States v. Grayson, Ted R.

OPINION SUR PANEL REHEARING

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

On October 11, 1975, the appellant, Ted R. Grayson, without authority left the Al-lenwood Federal Prison camp, where he had been serving a three-year sentence for a controlled substances conviction. Two days later, he was apprehended in New York City.

Indicted for this escape pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 751(a),1 Grayson was tried before a jury in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. His sole defense was duress — that he had been forced to flee from Allenwood because of threats on his life made by inmates to whom…