The defendant escaped from Woodbourne Correctional Institution while being held there under a commitment which adjudicated him to be a youthful offender. The defendant contends that he could not be guilty of the crime of escape in violation of section 1694 of the Penal Law because his "custody or confinement" was not upon "a charge, arrest, commitment, or conviction for a felony" or "for a misdemeanor, offense, traffic infraction, or violation of an ordinance, or upon an...
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