People v. Anderson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Nat H. Hentel, J.

FINDINGS OF FACT

Defendant pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, a class B felony, under each of the two instant indictments. He had been indicted previously for murder in the second degree under Indictment No. 2371/1976, and convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, a class C felony, by virtue of a guilty plea.

At the time fixed for sentencing under the two instant indictments, defendant challenged the constitutionality of his one and only 1977 prior felony conviction for manslaughter in the second…