Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1959PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
In February of 1948, the defendant was convicted, following a jury trial, of two crimes of robbery in the first degree, two counts of grand larceny and of assault, in the County Court of Queens County. By reason of a 1935 conviction of attempted robbery in the Court of General Sessions, he was sentenced, as a second felony offender, to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 nor more than 60 years. A month after the rendition of the judgment of conviction, the defendant filed a notice of appeal in the Appellate Division. In October, 1948, that court denied a motion made by the defendant to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- People v. TarasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- People v. TarasNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- People v. BaumeisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Theodore R. Krzywosz, Relator-Appellant v. Walter H. Wilkins, as Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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