People v. Stein

On November 12, 1946, defendants Bernard Stein and Morris Leder pleaded guilty to two charges of robbery, admitted that at the time of the commission of the offenses they were armed with loaded pistols, and were adjudged guilty of robbery of the first degree. In addition to the adjudications of guilt of the substantive offenses the court found that each defendant was “an Habitual Criminal with two prior convictions.” Certain other charges against defendants (robbery and kidnapping for the purpose of robbery) were dismissed. No appeals from the judgments of conviction were taken. On December…