PEOPLE v. BROWN


21 Misc.2d 582 (1959)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Wallace Brown, Defendant.

Court of General Sessions of County of New York.

June 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence M. Kelley and Gerard Betts for defendant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Irving Lang of counsel), for plaintiff.


J. HOWARD ROSSBACH, J.

Defendant, a third felony offender, moves for resentence on the ground that his prior conviction in South Carolina in 1941 was improperly regarded by this court as a felony. He does not contest his other prior felony.

The South Carolina statute under which defendant pleaded guilty relates to "Housebreaking" and is as follows: "Every person who shall break and enter, or who shall break with intent to enter, in the daytime...

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