United States v. James T. Cogdell, A/K/A James T. Cogwell

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

Appellant James Cogdell was convicted by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) (1976) by escaping from the *1132“Northeast One” section of the new D.C. Jail on August 26, 1976, the same date as the escape of the appellants in United States v. Bailey, 190 U.S.App.D.C.-, 585 F.2d 1087 (D.C. Cir. 1978), a case we also decide today. Cogdell was originally indicted along with those other appellants, but his case was severed and tried at a later date to accommodate his attorney’s schedule. Nevertheless, the trial judge relied heavily on the rulings he had made previously…