People v. Mappa

This appeal is from four separate judgments of conviction of violations of the Multiple Dwelling Law entered on a plea of guilty before a City Magistrate sitting as a Court of Special Sessions.

It is the contention of defendant-appellant that on the arraignment he was never advised that he bad the right to be tried by a bench of three Justices of the Court of Special Sessions (N. Y. City Crim. Cts. Act, § 131). The transcript of the minutes of the proceedings, which purports to be a full record of everything that took place, indicates at least prima facie, that defendant-appellant was not so…