People v. Love

This is not a situation encompassed by our decision in People v. Olah (300 N. Y. 96). In our view— and it is based on the record of what occurred when defendant pleaded guilty in 1935 in Alabama to the crime of grand larceny — he admitted and acknowledged that he “ feloniously took ” certain property “ from [the] person ” of its owner — an act which, *724if committed within this state, would have been felonious (Penal Law, §§ 1941j 1942), namely, grand larceny in the second degree (Penal Law, §§ 1290, 1296, subd. 2). Consequently, the trial court had no alternative but to adjudge and sentence…