United States v. Brown

The Federal Escape Act requires that a sentence for escape or attempt to escape “shall begin upon the expiration of, or upon legal release from, any sentence under which such person is held at the time of” the escape or attempt. The narrow question is whether the Act requires that a sentence for attempt to escape shall begin upon the expiration of the particular sentence being served when the attempt occurs or at the expiration of the aggregate term of consecutive sentences then in effect, of which the one being served is the first.

The facts are these. Respondent was charged under two…