People v. Hart

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Bruhn, J.), rendered March 18, 1996, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of escape in the first degree.

While defendant was serving a 25-year to life prison sentence in Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County, he and four other inmates escaped from the facility. Following *716defendant’s apprehension, prison disciplinary proceedings were initiated resulting, inter alia, in his confinement to the special housing unit for 15 years (see, Matter of Hart v Coombe, 229 AD2d 754, lv denied 89 NY2d 802). Defendant…