People v. Sharland

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeals (1) from two judgments of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Nicandri, J.), rendered January 7, 1986, upon a verdict convicting defendants of the crime of escape in the second degree, and (2) from an order of said court, entered December 12, 1985, which granted defendants’ motion to reduce the indictments from escape in the first degree to escape in the second degree.

These appeals stem from the unauthorized departure by defendants, David A. Sharland and John D. Borland from a work crew of prisoners at Ogdensburg Correctional Facility on July 2, 1985. The crew…