UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
v.
HARRY WILLIAM THERIAULT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT

5th Cir. | 1972-11-01
No. 71-3315
467 F.2d 486 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1972) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that the evidence was sufficient to establish escape from federal custody and that the judge's handling of the contempt conviction was proper.


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Appellant was convicted of escape from federal custody and a contempt charge. He appealed his new sentence after a prior conviction was affirmed but r…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:

PER CURIAM:

Following our decision, United States v. Theriault, 5 Cir., 1970, 434 F. 2d 212, affirming the conviction but remanding for resentencing, Appellant, appealing from the new sentence, reasserts his former attacks, the principle one being lack of sufficient evidence to establish escape from Federal custody. We again reject this and the other complaints.

As to the additional contempt conviction, we think that the careful, restrained, moderate and responsible way the Judge — who was not then, nor had he been, engaged in an embroilment or running controversy with Appellant1 — han-died this situation which was then interfering with the efficient operation of the court comported with Illinois v. Allen, 1970, 397 U.S. 337, 90 S.Ct. 1057, 25 L.Ed.2d 353 and Mayberry v. Pennsylvania, 1971, 400 U.S. 455, 91 S.Ct. 499, 27 L.Ed.2d 532.

. This lack of embroilment clearly distinguishes this case from In Re Dellinger, 7 Cir., 1972, 461 F. 2d 389, and United States v. Seale, 7 Cir., 1972, 461 F. 2d 345. In Seale, the court stated that “At least in the absence of personal embroilment * * * the trial judge could have cited Seale for contempt instantly even though he was personally attacked.” Id., at 351.


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