Forrest Dale McCullough Jr. v. United States of America, Ronald D. Wyatt v. United States

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This consolidated appeal is from separate and independent judgments of conviction for escape in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. § 751, rendered by different divisions of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Since the identical question of law is presented in each appeal, this Court, upon request of the appellants, ordered the cases combined for the purpose of appeal.

The evidence in these cases is uncon-tradicted. Appellant Wyatt arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 18, 1966, in accordance with a written order from the…