Supreme Court of Connecticut May 12, 1981 (State v. Simmat)

Peters, J.

This case challenges the constitutionality of the statute that categorizes the failure of a prisoner to return from an authorized furlough as the comission of the crime of escape in the first degree, a class C felony. The defendant, Ronald 0.

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Simmat, was charged by information with the crime of escape in violation of General Statutes § 53a-169 (a) (3).