People v. Wilson

—Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County, rendered June 9, 1977, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery in the first degree, burglary in the second degree, escape in the first degree and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, and sentencing him to indeterminate terms of life imprisonment with a minimum period of imprisonment of 25 years as a persistent felon. On August 16, 1976, defendant, an inmate of the Great Meadow Correctional Facility, who had been transported to the Albany Medical Center for medical treatment, escaped from the custody of a…