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UNITED STATES v. EDRINGTON

No. 83-2458.

726 F.2d 1029 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherwood Thomas EDRINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Thomas S. Berg, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, RANDALL and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Sherwood Thomas Edrington pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) in that he "did unlawfully, knowingly and willfully escape from the institution in which he was confined by direction of the Attorney General ...."1 Edrington now challenges his conviction, contending that the indictment was fatally defective. Because the indictment failed to allege an essential element...

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