Vitello v. State

Cross appeals from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered March 12, 1974, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. On June 12, 1935, claimant pled guilty to attempted robbery and received a five-year sentence to Sing Sing Prison. After a transfer to the Great Meadow Prison, he exhibited violent and allegedly psychotic behavior, as a result of which he was transferred to the Dannemora State Hospital. In December of 1938, before the expiration of his maximum sentence, the hospital superintendent petitioned the Clinton County Court for an order dispensing with personal service and adjudging the…