United States ex rel. Homchak v. People of New York

Michael John Homchak, the relator, was convicted on a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree on June 3, 1940, in the Queens County Court and sentenced to a term of 25 years to life imprisonment. In October 1960, relator for the first time sought a post-conviction remedy in the state courts on the ground that his plea of guilty had been induced by the unfulfilled promise of the state trial court and the state prosecutor that his sentence would not exceed 20 years to life imprisonment.

Application for a writ of error coram nobis was denied by the Queens County Court on November 16, 1960,…