PEOPLE EX REL. WILLIAMS v. JACKSON


5 A.D.2d 922 (1958)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Herbert Williams, Appellant, v. J. Vernel Jackson, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent

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

March 27, 1958


Petitioner was sentenced to a term of 15 years to life as a fourth offender on June 26, 1946. He was credited with approximately five years "good behavior" time under section 230 of the Correction Law. In a coram nobis proceeding the above sentence was set aside because petitioner's previous convictions could not be considered felonies as a basis for sentencing him as a multiple offender. He was resentenced on January 11, 1957 to a term of 7½ to 15 years. His...

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