Judgment affirmed, without costs.
On June 30, 1947, relator pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and on July 7, 1947 was sentenced to a prison term of 20 years to life. He was 15 years of age at the time. Approximately eight months after he was sentenced, the Legislature amended subdivision 3 of section 486 of the then extant Penal Law (L. 1948, ch. 554, § 1). Under the amended statute, relator would have been treated as a juvenile delinquent and would...
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