People v. Guilbault

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Greene County (Pulver, Jr., J.), rendered September 23, 1997, upon a verdict convicting defendants of the crime of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree.

Sometime prior to October 17, 1996, Jonathan Oles and others stole a quantity of marihuana from premises located in the Town of New Baltimore, Greene County. On the evening of October 17, 1996 six men removed Oles from a friend’s home, beat him until he told them where the marihuana was, then blindfolded him and took him to a secluded spot where, using duct tape, they taped him to a tree.…