Da Grossa v. Goodman

In this article 78 proceeding in the nature of mandamus petitioner seeks judgment directing the County Clerk of the Supreme Court, New York County, to accept for processing an application for a certificate of relief from civil disabilities or in the alternative declaring section 702 of the Correction Law unconstitutional.

Petitioner was convicted in the District Court for the Southern District of New York for possessing chattels stolen from interstate shipments in violation of section 659 of title 18 of the United States Code. In August, 1964 he was sentenced to imprisonment for a year and a…