People ex rel. Griffin v. Hunt

The relator was convicted upon a plea of guilty of robbery in the third degree in the Court of General Sessions in and for the county of New York. He was sentenced to' imprisonment in a State prison at hard labor for a term the minimum of which should be not more than seven years, and the maximum should be not more" than fourteen years; not less than five years’ nor more than ten years of said term being imposed by the court as increased punishment as provided by section 1944 of the Penal Law. The additional sentence of from five to ten years was imposed for the reason that it appeared that…