PEOPLE OF THE NEW YORK v. HART


93 N.Y.2d 825 (1999)

710 N.E.2d 263

687 N.Y.S.2d 617

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEITH HART, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall Nadan, Kingston, for appellant.

Michael Kavanagh, District Attorney of Ulster County, Kingston (Joan Gudesblatt Lamb of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The indeterminate sentence of 3½ to 7 years defendant received upon his conviction for escape in the first degree, in addition to the Department of Correctional Services' disciplinary sanction of 15 years' confinement in a Special Housing Unit for the same conduct, does not violate the Double Jeopardy Clauses of either the Federal (US Const 5th Amend) or...

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