People v. Spagnolia

The defendant was convicted of criminally receiving stolen property valued at twenty-five dollars. We believe that the evidence shows that the defendant was guilty of the crime of which he was convicted.

The crime was committed on the 28th day of January, 1939, and the defendant was sentenced on the 24th day of May, 1939. At the time the crime was committed, the punishment therefor was imprisonment for not more than twenty years or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both such fine and imprisonment. (Penal Law, § 1308.) This punishment applied to first offenders.

It is provided in section 1941…