In re Sostre

HENDERSON, District Judge.

Application to proceed in forma pau-peris granted.

Petitioner was indicted in the Bronx County Court on two counts of narcotics violations under separate subdivisions of section 1751 of the Penal Law, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 40. On October 81, 1952, he pleaded guilty to the lesser count, carrying a maximum sentence of ten years. One week later, he was again brought into court and informed that the prior plea was ineffectual since the District Attorney had not given his written consent to the acceptance of a plea and that the District Attorney would not give such…