Legal Opinion

People v. Bell

New York Court of General Session of the Peace

Decided July 31, 1961Published

1Opinion of the CourtThomas Dickers, J.

Defendant, acting as Ms own counsel, moves in coram nobis by notice of motion and an affidavit annexed thereto, both written in longhand, to vacate the sentence meted out to him by me on May 6,1960, whereby I adjudged him to be a second felony offender.

This multiple sentence resulted from an information filed by the District Attorney on April 29, 1960, in wMch he accused defendant of having been convicted of the crime of robbery on April 20,1942, in a court of the State of Arizona.

Two grounds are offered to sustain this motion: (a) a violation of the Federal Constitution by the Arizona court…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. LevanNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  2. People v. BenjaminAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
  3. People v. GlynnNew York Supreme Court · 1889
  4. People v. Wicklem, New York County Courts1944
  5. People v. Gerstenfeld, New York County Courts1960

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