Legal Opinion

People v. Coleman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 5, 1954PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Richmond County, convicting him, on his plea of guilty, of the crime of *876manslaughter in the second degree, as a second felony offender, “and from each and every intermediate order therein made.” Judgment unanimously affirmed. The only question presented is whether defendant was properly sentenced as a second felony offender. He was charged, pursuant to the provisions of section 1943 of the Penal Law, with having been convicted of the crime of involuntary manslaughter in Virginia, in 1931. That fact was established by the indictment and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. AngeloNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. People v. McCulloughNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
  3. People v. . WelchNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  4. Emert v. ThornAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
  5. People v. SaccoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Franklin Lanear, Relator-Appellant v. Hon. J. Edwin Lavallee, as Warden of Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  2. People v. ColemanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955

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