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RUTLEDGE v. UNITED STATES

No. 11101.

146 F.2d 199 (1944)

RUTLEDGE v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 27, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hulan Rutledge, of Leavenworth, Kan., in pro. per., for appellant.

Malcolm E. Lafargue, U. S. Atty., and John A. Patin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, McCORD, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The Federal Escape Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 753h, provides that any person in federal custody under sentence, or in federal custody pursuant to lawful arrest, who escapes or attempts to escape from such custody, shall be guilty of an offense; and that the sentence imposed thereunder "shall be in addition to and independent of any sentence imposed in the case in connection with which such person is held in custody at the time of such escape."...

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