People v. Lewis

opinion of the court

Allan L. Winick, J.

The application made herein is for an order granting the petitioner permission to attend the funeral of his father in Kingston, Jamaica.

The petitioner was convicted on his plea of guilty to attempted grand larceny in the second degree, a class E felony, and was sentenced by a Judge of this court to serve a definite term of one year in the Nassau County Correctional Institution in East Meadow.

Subsequent to the commencement of his term of imprisonment, the petitioner was permitted to enter the “work release” program by the jail authorities, which allowed…