People v. Taylor

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Queens Comity, rendered February 16, 1960 on his plea of guilty, convicting him of attempted robbery in the third degree; and, after a jury trial on an information charging him with four prior felony convictions, sentencing him as a fifth felony offender to serve a term of 25 years to life. Judgment modified on the law by reducing the sentence to a term of 15 years to life. As so modified, the judgment is affirmed. The findings of fact implicit in the jury’s verdict are affirmed. Defendant contends that his sentence be vacated and he be…