UNITED STATES v. COGGINS

No. 12085.

398 F.2d 668 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Phillip COGGINS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Harrigan, Arlington, Va., (Court-appointed counsel) [Harrigan & Morris, Arlington, Va., on the brief] for appellant.

Stefan C. Long, Asst. U. S. Atty., (C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on the brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Coggins, a District of Columbia prisoner, was convicted of escape after he failed to return to Lorton Reformatory from a Christmas one-day furlough. He had been instructed to return to Lorton by a bus leaving the District of Columbia at 9:00 o'clock on Christmas night and to telephone Lorton in the event of an emergency. He failed to meet the bus, but a bit later he did telephone Lorton twice.

According to him, on the second call the unknown speaker...

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