People v. McDonald
New York County Courts
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
- Matter of Lyons v. GoldsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- In re LyonsNew York Supreme Court · 1942
- In re LyonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942