Legal Opinion
United States v. Benjamin Zuleta Herrera
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1974No. 74-1831PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal is from the conviction of appellant by the district court sitting without a jury on a charge of escape from the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 751(a). Appellant was serving a sentence at the time of the escape for violation of the narcotics laws. Following his escape he was able to make his way to Bogato, Colombia, his home. Some fifteen months later he was arrested in Peru and returned to Miami where he was placed in American custody.
In the words of appellant:
“I was travelling in our airplane from Santiago to Quito. The airplane stopped at…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. Francisco ToscaninoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- United States v. James Milton Cotten and William Lowell RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. James D. Vicars and Joaquin Him GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by37 opinions
- United States v. Robert Morris Postal, Salem L. Forsythe, and George A. ChittyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. George Tom Darby, Constantine Yamanis, Vincent Calise, and Michael YamanisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- United States ex rel. Lujan v. GenglerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States v. CadenaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Angel John ZabanehCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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