Legal Opinion
United States v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 16, 2010No. 08-3979PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Eric Leonard Jackson appeals from the judgment of the district court 1 sentencing him to twenty-four months of imprisonment for a walkaway escape from a federal prison camp in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). We affirm.
In 2006, Leonard was sentenced to a total of 145 months of imprisonment for a drug offense and a supervised-release violation. Less than one year later, he walked away from the federal prison camp in Duluth, Minnesota, and remained at large for approximately seven months. Upon recapture, he pleaded guilty to violating § 751(a). The only contested…
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