People v. Schaefer

The defendant applies for the issuance of a certificate of reasonable doubt.

He alleges that he was unlawfully sentenced to imprisonment in the State penitentiary on the theory that he had pleaded guilty to an indictment charging grand larceny. The defendant contends that he did not plead guilty.

*148Affidavits have been submitted on behalf of the People of the State of New York and on behalf of the defendant. Any attempt to reconcile the divergent accounts of what occurred when the defendant was arraigned in the Court of General Sessions, would be futile. For the purpose of this application they…