Legal Opinion
United States v. Barton Hans Peterson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1979No. 78-1433PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Defendant was convicted of escape, 18 U.S.C. § 751(a), after a court trial on stipulated facts. The appeal is timely and we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291 and 1294. The government states the issue as follows: whether defendant’s failure to report to the United States Marshal, after having been ordered by the court, in open court, to commence his custody immediately pursuant to a valid conviction and sentencing, constituted the crime of escape within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 751(a).1 2More simply stated, was the defendant in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Nathaniel Vincent v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Richard Kenichi Kaneshiro, A.K.A. Richard Higa, and George Ekita v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by18 opinions
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