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MATTER OF VICTORY v. COUGHLIN

165 A.D.2d 402 (1991)

In the Matter of Albert Victory et al., Appellants, v. Thomas Coughlin, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

April 4, 1991

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Leven and Patricia M. Kennedy for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Patrick Barnett-Mulligan and Peter G. Crary of counsel), for respondents.

MAHONEY, P. J., MIKOLL, YESAWICH, JR., and CREW III, JJ., concur.

WEISS, J.

While outside Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County for dental treatment in 1978, petitioner Albert Victory, who was serving a 25-year to life sentence for the felony murder of a policeman, persuaded his guards to remove the shackles and permit him to enter a hotel room with his wife, petitioner Susan Black, for "some private time". Victory and Black escaped and remained at large until...

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