PEOPLE v. TYSON


281 A.D. 1058 (1953)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Amos J. Tyson, Alias James A. Tyson, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

May 13, 1953.


Defendant was convicted on May 18, 1923, in Albany County on his plea of guilty of the crime of escape as a felony. (Penal Law, § 1694.) On November 23, 1926, he was convicted in the Broome County Court on his plea of guilty of forgery, second degree, as a second offender. The second offense charge was based on the Albany conviction three years before. The 1923 conviction then stood as a valid and binding judgment binding on the People, the defendant and on all other...

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