PEOPLE EX REL. PHILLIPS v. DENNO


18 Misc.2d 963 (1959)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. George Phillips, Relator, v. Wilfred L. Denno, as Warden of Sing Sing Prison, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Westchester County.

September 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Phillips, relator in person.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Harold Borgwald of counsel), for respondents.


HUGH S. COYLE, J.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding wherein relator, who is presently confined in State prison at Sing Sing, contends that he is entitled to immediate release.

On May 14, 1956, relator was sentenced in the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, to an indeterminate sentence of two to four years in State prison for the crime of attempted grand larceny, second degree, as a second felony offender.

Relator claims...

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