State v. Little

BECTON, Judge.

Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 23 March 1982, the defendants, William D. Little, Ezekial Hall, and Melvin Surgeon, all inmates at Central Prison, seized control of the diagnostic center at Central Prison. With homemade daggers and other weapons, these defendants, for approximately 42 hours thereafter, held as many as six prison employees and two other inmates as hostages. Although neither seeking to escape nor asking to be set free, the defendants demanded that SKY 5, the Channel 5 news helicopter, be brought to Central Prison so that they could air their complaints, and…