People v. Washington

The appellant was convicted of robbery in the first degree as a second offender. He has been sentenced to “ the indeterminate term, the minimum of which shall be not less than thirty years and the maximum of which shall be not more than sixty years.” (People v. Washington, 237 App. Div. 603; 240 App. Div. 1028.) The appellant concedes and asserts that his sentence must be indeterminate, but he contends that it should be for a “ term of not less than fifteen to thirty years [the maximum term for a first offender], or in the trial court’s discretion to any longer indeterminate sentence not to…