PEOPLE v. TOWER


308 N.Y. 123 (1954)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Tower, alias Harry Mason, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 31, 1954


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Lonardo for appellant.

T. Vincent Quinn, District Attorney (Benj. J. Jacobson of counsel), for respondent.

LEWIS, Ch. J., CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

Defendant, who had previously been convicted of three felonies, was permitted to plead guilty to the misdemeanor of unlawful entry to cover three felony counts in an indictment against him. At the time of sentence defense counsel urged that defendant was beyond redemption and, therefore, "a sentence strictly of a punitive character is the only one that under the circumstances [the] Court may impose, which...

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