We assume that the County Court retains jurisdiction to correct an unlawful sentence imposed by it in a direct proceeding addressed to the sentence. It is clear, however, that the 1938 sentence was not unlawful. The statute then provided an "indeterminate sentence" of a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life (Penal Law, § 1048). We would agree that if the minimum were so long as to be impossible the sentence would not be indeterminate. Defendant was then 29 years...
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