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PEOPLE v. WALTER

115 A.D.2d 52 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Byron P. Walter, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

February 21, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald T. Barth for appellant.

Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., District Attorney (Beth J. Van Doren and John A. Cirando of counsel), for respondent.

DILLON, P. J., DOERR, GREEN and O'DONNELL, JJ., concur.

PINE, J.

Defendant appeals his conviction of escape in the second degree pursuant to Penal Law § 205.10 (1) on the sole ground that no crime was committed because the Forensic Unit of the Hutchings Psychiatric Center in Syracuse is not a detention facility within the meaning of Penal Law § 205.00 (1). We affirm.

Defendant had been committed to the Forensic Unit at Hutchings in 1980, pursuant...

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