United States v. Michael Da Grossa

Michael Da Grossa was convicted in the District Court for the Southern District of New York for possessing chattels stolen from interstate shipments in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. In August 1964 he was sentenced to imprisonment for a year and a day, but sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation. This has expired, but we are told that his federal conviction continues to have certain civil consequences under New York law.

If Da Grossa had been similarly convicted and sentenced by a New York State court, § 702 of the New York Correction Law, McKinney’s Consol. Laws, c. 43, would…