United States v. Curtis Ray Michelson

LUCAS, District Judge:

Curtis Ray Michelson appeals from a jury conviction for violation of Title 18, Section 751(a), 1 escape from federal custody. Michelson began serving a twenty-two year sentence for armed bank robbery at the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island on February 21,1966 and was last seen at McNeil Island on January 15, 1973. Nearly two years later, on November 22, 1974, an FBI Agent arrested Michelson in Newport Beach, California, for escape from federal custody.

Defendant challenges his conviction on the ground that the Court erred in refusing to grant a requested jury…