People v. Mason

The defendant was charged and convicted in 1960 of breaking and entering in the nighttime 1 upon his plea of guilty at the arraignment on the information. Before accepting the plea the trial judge explained to the defendant that he was charged with breaking and entering a certain cottage in the nighttime for the purpose of committing a larceny therein and advised the defendant that a person convicted of that offense might be sent to prison for a maximum term of 15 years, to which the defendant responded:

“A. I understand everything. There is a mention —the time of entering was in the daytime —…