People ex rel. Coates v. O'Hara

Petitioner in this proceeding was sentenced on March 31, 1954 as a second felony offender by the Kings County Court to an indeterminate term of from 2x/% to 5 years. On April 20, 1954, he was brought back from Sing Sing Prison and taken to Nassau County Court for trial on another indictment charging him with the felony of criminally possessing a pistol after having previously been convicted of a crime, in violation of subdivision 4 of section 1897 of the Penal Law. He pleaded guilty on November 19, 1954 and was sentenced on December 17, 1954 to an indeterminate term of from 3% to 7 years. In…