People ex rel. Fellman v. Foster

On March 24, 1943, the relator was convicted upon his plea of guilty of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree in the Court of General Sessions, New York County. Thereafter an information was filed by the District Attorney charging the relator with having been previously convicted of three felonies, as in the information set forth, and the relator was thereupon sentenced by the Court of General Sessions as a fourth offender to a term of not less than fifteen years nor more than his natural life.

The relator is now confined in Auburn State Prison pursuant to the judgment of the General…