Commonwealth v. Parzyck

Warner, CJ.

While serving a sentence in the Hampshire County house of correction, the defendant was granted a special tenrhour furlough for Thanksgiving Day, 1993, under the provi*656sions of G. L. c. 127, § 90A.1 He began drinking at some point during the day, failed to return from the furlough, and remained at large until December 28, 1993, at which time he was recaptured and indicted for the crime of escape, and for being a habitual criminal under G. L. c. 279, § 25.2 A Superior Court jury convicted .the defendant of escape, and, at a subsequent proceeding, of being a habitual criminal.3…