People v. Murray

The defendant applies for resentence hy letter dated May 14, 1957. It appears that on March 28, 1952, after a plea of guilty to the crime of robbery in the third degree, he was sentenced by a Judge of this court to a term of from 15 years to life as a fourth felony offender (Penal Law, § 1942).

The defendant contends that a prior conviction in 1936, in South Carolina, which forms one of the predicate felonies for multiple punishment, may not be classified as a prior felony under the laws of New York so as to warrant the punishment prescribed by said section.

The defendant has asked for legal…