People v. Wolfson

Order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated June 14, 1967, affirmed. 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 the second degree was again accepted. On May 9,…