On September 15, 1977, appellant was sentenced in New York County Supreme Court to an indeterminate term of 7½ to 15 years following his conviction, after trial, of manslaughter in the first degree. Appellant applied for a writ of habeas corpus in November, 1978. In his petition, appellant asserted that an appeal was then pending in the Appellate Division, First Department, from the judgment of conviction being challenged in the present proceeding. As the Court of Appeals...
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