People v. Wilson

Defendant contests the dismissal of his appeal subsequent to a denial of a motion to appeal as a poor person.

In 1924 at the age of 16, he was convicted upon a plea of guilty of the crime of burglary in the third degree, and is now serving a sentence of 15 years to life, imposed by the "Westchester County Court on April 14, 1941, following his current conviction as a fourth felony offender.

On November 19, 1956 defendant made an application for a writ of error coram nobis alleging that he was not advised of his right to, nor represented by, counsel at the time of his arraignment and sentence in…