People v. Saladak

The defendant previously withdrew his petition in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis, but has now indicated that he desires to reinstate his application. In the interests of justice, the defendant’s petition will be entertained as originally presented.

The grounds of the defendant’s prayer is substantially that he was misled into pleading guilty to the crime of attempted grand larceny in the second degree, by the statement of his assigned counsel that he would receive a sentence of six months ’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The defendant actually received an indeterminate sentence…