PEOPLE v. ADAMS


205 Misc. 97 (1953)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. John Adams, Defendant.

County Court, Suffolk County.

August 4, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Stark for defendant.

Harry C. Brenner, District Attorney (Charles R. Thom of counsel), for plaintiff.


MUNDER, J.

On this application the petitioner alleges that the prior conviction which formed the basis for a second felony offender sentence in his case, was not for a "crime" which if committed in this State would be a felony.

He was previously convicted in 1942, in the State of North Carolina. The indictment there read that he broke and entered the shop of another with intent to steal. He claims...

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