EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a single issue: Does a charge of escape under 18 U.S.C. § 751 require proof of intent to avoid confinement? We conclude that it does not and we affirm the judgment of conviction.
After a conviction for bank robbery and commitment to prison, appellant was released to a contract "half-way house" in Seattle and was instructed in its regulations. He was restricted during furloughs to the limits of King...
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