People ex rel. Caiazzo v. Wilson

Relator has appealed from an order of the Washington County Special Term of Supreme Court dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of the Warden of Great Meadow Prison. Relator in 1933 was convicted of the crimes of robbery, first degree; grand larceny, first degree; and assault, second degree; and was sentenced to an indeterminate term in State Prison of not less than twenty-five years nor more than thirty years. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Division (242 App. Div. 638.) At the time of his conviction the statute, section 2189 of the…