People ex rel. Crockett v. Redman

The relator is presently detained in the Erie County Penitentiary by virtue of a judgment of conviction had in the City Court of Buffalo on the 26th day of March, 1962. It appears that the relator was tried and convicted in that court upon a charge of petit larceny and was sentenced to a term of one-year imprisonment and to pay a $500 fine. The certificate of conviction on the fine provided that the relator, in default of payment of such fine, should be imprisoned one day for every dollar so fined. The certificate of conviction on the imprisonment directs that credit be allowed against the…