Opinion ID: 617310
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Heading: .Factual Background.1990 Conviction for 1986 Escape

Text: On March 26, 1986, Koufos was arrested in New York by Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. ROA, Vol. 1, p. 28. Following his arrest and on the same day, Koufos escaped from custody at the United States District Courthouse in New York while awaiting arraignment. Id. Koufos was charged with escape by Information which states: 1. Defendant . . . was arrested by Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on March 26, 1986 in New York, New York, based on an arrest warrant issued by the United States District Magistrate . . . on March 24, 1986 in Newark, New Jersey. 2. Defendant . . . did escape from custody of the Unites [sic] States District Courthouse, New York, New York, while awaiting arraignment after said arrest. 3. Defendant . . . did remain at large until his arrest on February 3, 1990. 4. On or about March 26, 1986, in the Southern District of New York, the defendant, while in custody of the Attorney General and his authorized representative, and while in custody under and by virtue of process issued . . . by the District of New Jersey [court], unlawfully, wilfully and knowingly did escape from the . . . Southern District of New York [federal court]. In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 751(a). Id. Title 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) provides as follows: Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative, or from any institution or facility in which he is confined by direction of the Attorney General, or from any custody under or by virtue of any process issued under the laws of the United States by any court, judge, or magistrate judge, or from the custody of an officer or employee of the United States pursuant to lawful arrest, shall, if the custody or confinement is by virtue of an arrest on a charge of felony, or conviction of any offense [be fined or imprisoned or both]. . . .