Opinion ID: 78503
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Events of March 14-17, 2003

Text: Hart was released from the federal prison at approximately 8:00 a.m. on Friday, March 14, 2003. An officer from the Cross County, Arkansas Sheriff's Office picked up Hart from the federal prison, detained Hart in shackles, and transported him to the Cross County Jail. On March 14, 2003, Defendant Amideo faxed a copy of the second state warrant to the Cross County Sheriff's Office and instructed Cross County officials to detain Hart until he could be taken into custody by officers of Dougherty County, Georgia, or, if he could not be detained, that he be served with an enclosed copy of a notice to surrender. The separate notice to surrender, dated March 14, 2003, and also signed by Amideo, ordered Hart to surrender to the Jackson State Prison in Jackson, Georgia (the Georgia prison) at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, March 17, 2003. It further informed Hart: Failure to surrender at the above appointed place and time may result in the violation of any existing conditions of probation which you have and/or the commission of a new offense of escape from custody. At approximately 4:30 p.m. on March 14, 2003, Hart was released from the Cross County Jail because Cross County officials confirmed Hart's assertion that the Georgia trial court's order (albeit under appeal) had ordered Hart released following his federal incarceration. Hart traveled back to Georgia on his own.