Former section 335-b (now § 335-c) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, prior to its 1963 amendment (L. 1963, ch. 578, eff. Sept. 1, 1963), stated that the court must, "upon the arraignment of the defendant and before accepting a plea", advise the defendant of the effect of prior felony convictions upon his sentence. While we do not agree that the presumption of regularity would control where, as here, the relator did not testify at the hearing in a habeas corpus proceeding...
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