People v. Block

This is an application by the defendant, Frederick Carl Block, who was convicted after a trial in Madison County Court of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree and sentenced to a term of not less than three or more than six years in Attica State Prison, for a certificate of reasonable doubt pending an appeal to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

The application is based on two general grounds. The first ground is the claim that the grand jury which found the indict- ■ ment was illegally constituted, and that it was error for the court to deny the defendant’s motion to…