PEOPLE EX REL. WANNAMAKER v. WALLACK


17 A.D.2d 872 (1962)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Arthur A. Wannamaker, Appellant, v. Walter M. Wallack, as Warden of Walkill Prison, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

October 31, 1962


The relator appeals from an order which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus. The record substantiates that the relator, while represented by counsel, pleaded guilty to the charge of grand larceny, first degree. The alleged error claimed by the relator is that when he entered a plea of guilty, it should have been by written instrument instead of orally. The section of the Constitution to which the relator refers (art. I, § 2)...

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