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PEOPLE v. WILSON

17 N.Y.2d 40 (1966)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie Wilson, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eugene Johnson and William Price, Appellants. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Huntley, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alonzo Edwards, Jr., Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Abner Ben Levy, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 17, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gretchen White Oberman and Anthony F. Marra for Willie Wilson, Eugene Johnson, William Price, John Huntley, Alonzo Edwards, Jr., and Abner Ben Levy, appellants.

Aaron E. Koota, District Attorney, Kings County (William I. Siegel of counsel), for respondents in the first four above-entitled actions.

Nat H. Hentel, District Attorney, Queens County (Benj. J. Jacobson of counsel), for respondent in the fifth above-entitled action.

Judges FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and KEATING concur.

Chief Judge DESMOND.

Each of these six defendants (Levy in Queens County Supreme Court and the other five in Kings County Supreme Court) pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Each was sentenced under article 7-A of the Correction Law to an indefinite term in the New York City Penitentiary which means, of course, that the imprisonment could be for as long as three years whereas the maximum imprisonment, if the sentencing...

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