Legal Opinion
In re Lyons
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1942PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPecora, J.
On April 15, 1936, one Joseph Bendix pleaded guilty to the felony of burglary in the third degree in the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York. On April 23, 1936, it appearing that the said defendant had been previously convicted three times of certain felonies, the Hon. Charles C. Nott, Jr., duly sentenced said defendant to be imprisoned in the State prison, at hard labor, for a term the minimum of which was to be not less than fifteen years and the maximum of which was to be for the term of his natural life. (Penal Law, § 1942.) Service of this sentence, which was a legal one,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- People v. SchwarzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
- Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
- People Ex Rel. Hirschberg v. Orange County CourtNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- People Ex Rel. Prisament v. BrophyNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- People v. DaibochNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re LyonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- People v. McDonald, New York County Courts1954