In October, 1960, relator, represented by counsel, plead guilty to an indictment charging him with assault, first degree, and sodomy, first degree. In the instant proceeding he asserts that the indictment was defective and thus his plea a nullity. The use of short-form indictments is clearly constitutional (People v. Bogdanoff, 254 N.Y. 16) and since we find nothing jurisdictionally defective in the present indictment (cf. People...
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