Cooper v. Mailler

The petitioner was convicted of robbery in the first degree on December 3, 1935, and, on December 24, 1935, he was sentenced as a second felony offender to imprisonment for a definite term of thirty-five years, five years of the term being imposed for committing the crime of robbery while armed.

Under section 2125 of the Penal Law, as amended by chapter 275 of the Laws of 1932, the crime of robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for ‘ ‘ an indeterminate term the minimum of which shall be not less than ten years and the maximum of which shall not be more than thirty years”.

Und…