State v. Giangrosso

In June of 1965 the defendant was found guilty by a jury on counts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of a five count indictment in which defendant was accused of armed robbery of five different persons. He was sentenced to serve fifteen years (the maximum in 1965 was thirty years) on each of four counts, the sentences to run consecutively.

An “out of time” appeal was granted the defendant in March of 1971.

At the time of the offense and the trial, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1928 was still in force and effect, the present Code of Criminal Procedure having become effective on January 1, 1967.

• Several bills…