People ex rel. Sullivan v. Ashworth

Respondent, having been convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, in the Supreme Court, Kings County, on March 25, 1918, was sentenced to an indeterminate term in a State prison of not less than twenty years nor more than life imprisonment. A commutation of the sentence was granted by the Governor of the State on the 28th day of May, 1928, commuting the punishment to imprisonment for “ 10 years 2 months 20 days, minimum; life maximum.” Thereafter, on December 30, 1930, a pardon was granted restoring respondent’s right to citizenship.

The commutation reduced only the minirmim…