Defendant was indicted on October 15, 1931 for murder in the first degree. During the trial he entered a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree and was sentenced on March 21, 1932, to a term of 25 years to life. About 30 years later he obtained a vacatur of the judgment on the ground that the guilty plea had been induced by a promise of a sentence of 20 years to life. He was rearraigned under the charge of murder in the first degree and a plea of guilty to murder in...
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