People v. Bishop

The People appeal from an order of the County Court of Tioga County which vacated a judgment of conviction of carnal abuse of a child (Penal Law, § 483-a) purportedly rendered against defendant-respondent, and permitted him to *377withdraw his plea of guilty and cancelled and expunged from the record all proceedings had or purportedly had under the indictment, from the time of defendant’s purported arraignment on October 14, 1937 to the time of his purported conviction on November 12, 1937. The order was grounded upon the finding that no regular or other term of the court was in session on either…