State v. Gascoigen

The defendant, an inmate of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, was found guilty by a jury of willful failure to return to custody. The District Court imposed a 1-year sentence to' be served consecutively to his present sentence. The defendant has appealed. We affirm.

The defendant was serving a 2 to 3-year term in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. He requested a furlough to go to Omaha to see his daughter. He signed a furlough agreement upon a form which included a statement that failure to return on time constituted escape. The furlough was from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on…