On September 10, 1956 the defendant was indicted on four counts of forgery in the second degree as a third offense with the indictment setting forth the two previous felonies. He was assigned counsel, plead not guilty but then withdrew his plea and plead guilty on one count. On October 29, 1956 he was sentenced to from 7½ to 15 years at Attica Prison and the other three counts of the indictment were dismissed. In May of 1959 the defendant instituted a habeas corpus proceeding...
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