Legal Opinion

People v. McDonald

New York County Courts

Decided June 25, 1954Published

1Opinion of the CourtBarshay, J.

This is an application by the defendant in the nature of a writ of error, coram nobis, to vacate and set aside a judgment of conviction, dated December 18, 1933, convicting him, upon his own plea of guilty of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to Sing Sing Prison, for a term of thirty to sixty years. This sentence was corrected on January 18, 1938, and the defendant was resentenced to a term of imprisonment of thirty years, plus five years for the possession of a gun.

*185A hearing, granted on an application for similar relief was held before the Hon. Louis Goldstein, a former County…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Matter of Lyons v. GoldsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
  2. In re LyonsNew York Supreme Court · 1942
  3. In re LyonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942

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