New York State Department of Correction v. Satterfield

— Appeal from an order of the County Court of Clinton County which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus. The issue involved is whether a suspended sentence for the conviction of a felony constitutes a “ conviction ” within the meaning of section 219 of the Correction Law. On June 14, 1950 appellant was convicted on a plea of guilty of the crime of robbery in the second degree, and sentenced as a first felony offender to an indeterminate period of not less than 5 nor more than 10 years. He was paroled on August 26, 1953, and thereafter declared delinquent on April 5, 1954, when he was charged…