People ex rel. Fitzgerald v. Maher

On April 21,1969, the relator was convicted in the Nassau County Court of one count of grand larceny in the third degree, a class E felony (Penal Law, § 155.30), and one count of forgery in the third degree, a class A misdemeanor (Penal Law, § 170.05), on the basis of his prior plea of guilty. He was sentenced, on each count, to imprisonment in the Nassau County Jail for a period of one year, said terms to be served consecutively.

In this proceeding instituted by a writ of habeas corpus, the relator contends that the imposition of consecutive rather than concurrent terms of imprisonment was…