People v. Berger

Jacob Berger, together with two codefendants, was indicted for murder in the first degree. During the course of trial, defendant Berger pleaded guilty to the crime of murder in the second degree before the Honorable Jonah J. Goldstein. On April 12, 1940, he was sentenced to State prison to a term of not less than 50 years and the maximum for his natural life. The defendant now seeks a writ of error coram nobis wherein he claims that his plea of guilty was a product of “ coercion, misrepresentation and fraud perpetrated upon him prior to bis plea of guilty by authorized officers of the Court,”…