Stewart v. City Court

This is a proceeding instituted pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, for an order to set aside a judgment of conviction of the Binghamton City Court, convicting the petitioner of the crime of violating subdivision 4 of section 887 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and to vacate the sentence imposed thereon and to discharge the petitioner from custody. It is the petitioner’s contention that the Binghamton City Court never acquired jurisdiction, on the grounds that petitioner was never arraigned, never entered a plea of guilty to the charge, and in fact did not know that she had…