Samuel Henry Grace, III v. United States

Appellant Grace was originally convicted on October 26, 1962, of a Dyer Act violation in Nebraska (transporting a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce). He was placed on probation, which probation was revoked on December 4, 1964, and appellant was placed in the custody of the Attorney General. The Bureau of Prisons, acting on behalf of the Attorney General, placed appellant at first in ai Federal Reformatory at El Reno, Oklahoma, and then in a “Federal Youth Camp” at Tucson, Arizona. On November 13, 1965, appellant was a member of a “field tour,” transported by bus from the Youth Camp to the University of Arizona under the supervision of a “recreation officer,” to observe a football game between the Arizona and the United States Air Force teams. After the game, upon boarding the bus to return to the camp, appellant was found missing. He was subsequently picked up by the Winslow, Arizona, police department, and while detained there, asked to speak to an F.B.I. agent. He then admitted he had escaped the custody of the Youth Camp.

Appellant was indicted for such escape ( 18 U.S.C. § 751 ), was tried without a jury, convicted, and sentenced to three years imprisonment,…