Legal Opinion
Howe v. Civiletti
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 23, 1980No. 884, Docket 79-2251PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIFTON, District Judge.
Robert Howe, Sr. was convicted of first-degree murder in the state courts of Vermont and on February 2, 1977, was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. Howe was initially sent to the Vermont Correction and Diagnostic Treatment Facility at St. Albans, Vermont to begin service of his sentence. St. Albans is not equipped to handle maximum security prisoners on a long-term basis and Howe, because of the length of his sentence and the nature of his offense, was appropriately classified as a prisoner requiring maximum security. On February 22,1977, following an…
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