MATTER OF BLAKE v. MANN


75 N.Y.2d 742 (1989)

In the Matter of William Blake, Appellant, v. Louis Mann, as Warden of Shawangunk Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Getman, Deborah Schneer and David C. Leven for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Martin Hotvet, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

In 1987, the inmate was convicted of murder in the first degree of a Deputy Sheriff and attempted murder in the first degree arising out of an unsuccessful escape attempt earlier that year and was sentenced to a term of 57½ years to life. The determination of the Commissioner of State Department of Correctional Services that...

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