WILLIAMS v. STATE OF NEW YORK


8 Misc.2d 390 (1957)

Roger Williams, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 32949.)

Court of Claims.

June 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Novis and Nathan L. Levine for claimant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Edward R. Murphy of counsel), for defendant.


RICHARD S. HELLER, J.

This claim for $250,000 against the State of New York is to recover damages for the wrongful detention of the claimant beyond the maximum term of his sentence.

Claimant pleaded guilty on April 18, 1947 to an indictment filed January 13, 1947 charging him with the felony crime of robbery, third degree, on or about December 14, 1946.

Upon his plea he was committed to the Reception Center at Elmira, New York, for classification...

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