People v. Wright

The defendant, arraigned for hearing to determine whether he should be sentenced as a persistent felony offender, challenges his proposed designation as such on the ground that his prior record does not establish two prior felony convictions within the definition of the persistent felony offender law. (Penal Law, § 70.10.)

Defendant admittedly has been convicted of two prior felonies before his instant conviction of manslaughter in the first degree *1051on March 2, 1972. He was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree and was sentenced on November 22,1961, to State prison for a term of 7% to…