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PEOPLE EX REL. LAWSON v. DENNO

9 N.Y.2d 181 (1961)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. John Wesley Lawson, Appellant, v. Wilfred L. Denno, as Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 23, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Buderwitz, Jr., for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Joseph J. Rose of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur.

DYE, J.

This is an appeal as of right in a proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus, in which the relator attacks the validity of his detention in State prison on the ground that the sentence he is now serving of one day to life, pursuant to a conviction on a plea to the crime of rape, first degree, was not in conformity with the requirements of section 2189-a of the Penal...

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