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UNITED STATES v. BAILEY

No. 78-990.

444 U.S. 394 (1980)

100 S.Ct. 624

62 L.Ed.2d 575

UNITED STATES v. BAILEY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Kneedler argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General McCree, Assistant Attorney General Heymann, Kenneth S. Geller, Jerome M. Feit, and John DePue.

Richard S. Kohn argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were John Townsend Rich, Robert A. Robbins, Jr., and Dorothy Sellers.

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the early morning hours of August 26, 1976, respondents Clifford Bailey, James T. Cogdell, Ronald C. Cooley, and Ralph Walker, federal prisoners at the District of Columbia jail, crawled through a window from which a bar had been removed, slid down a knotted bedsheet, and escaped from custody. Federal authorities recaptured them after they had remained at large for a period of time ranging from one month...

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