People ex rel. Cushing v. Jackson

Appeal by relator from an order of the County Court of Clinton County which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus. Upon conviction of forgery in the second degree, relator was sentenced as a second felony offender, on the basis of a prior conviction of robbery in the State of' Washington. The robbery charge was prosecuted by information and relator contends that the Washington statute authorizing prosecution in that manner is “ inconsistent ” with the laws of *667New York and that a conviction obtained in New York pursuant to such a form of procedure would violate due process. (See People ex rel.…