UNITED STATES v. BRACKETT

No. 77-5791.

582 F.2d 1027 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darwin Darce BRACKETT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Bruce Kirwan, Federal Public Defender, John R. Martin, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

William L. Harper, U. S. Atty., Jerome J. Froelich, Jr., Charles S. Saphos, Asst. U. S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, GEE and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case involves what is generally called a "walkaway" from the Community Treatment Center ("CTC") in Atlanta, Georgia, that is, a failure of an inmate resident of the CTC to return at the prescribed time. 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 751(a), 4082. The only issue raised by Appellant which merits discussion is whether the District Court properly denied his motion for judgment of acquittal made at the trial and renewed after the jury returned a verdict of...

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