Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1948

People ex rel. Paster v. Palmer

People ex rel. Paster v. Palmer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided September 15, 1948
274 A.D. 856; 82 N.Y.S.2d 386; 1948 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3693
People ex rel. Paster v. Palmer

Opinion of the Court

Appeal from an order of the Special Term of the Supreme Court, Che-mung County, made February 8, 1947, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus. The amendment of section 288 of the Correction Law (L. 1945, eh. 678) was not retroactive and did not reduce the maximum term of this relator, who had been convicted and sentenced prior to its effective date. Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Present — Hill, P. J., Heffernan, Foster, Russell and Deyo, JJ.

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