People v. O'Donnell

This is a motion made in behalf of defendant John Donald O’Donnell to void the sentence pronounced by this court on September 27, 1928, and for an order releasing the defendant, or in the alternative for an order expunging the said sentence and having the prisoner returned to this court for resentence in accordance with law.

At the outset I desire to say that the very remarkable and unusual aspects of this motion have caused me to devote a great amount of time to an examination of all the cases which in any manner deal with the many problems this motion raises; and I might also add that the…