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New York Annotated Cases Volume 15; Selected from the Current Decisions of the New York Courts by Wayland Everett Benjamin

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Author: Wayland Everett Benjamin
Number of Pages: 202 pages
Published Date: 04 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130790702
File Name: New.York.Annotated.Cases.Volume.15;.Selected.from.the.Current.Decisions.of.the.New.York.Courts.pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...a diminution of sentence by good behavior is a substantial right, which cannot be taken away by a law passed after the offense was committed. Note.--Commutat1on Of Pun1shments. Sec. 692. Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. The governor has power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions, and with such limitations, as he may think proper, subject to the regulations provided in this chapter. Code Crim. Proc. Sec. 692. Special Term. July Application by the people, on the relation of Albert J. Adams, for writ of habeas corpus to Addison Johnson, warden. Writ dismissed. A motion for a certificate of reasonable doubt was denied. The judgment of conviction was subsequently affirmed by the Appellate Division (People v. Adams, 85 App. Div. 39x3, 83 N. Y. Supp. 481), and subsequently by the Court of Appeals (176 N. Y. 351. 68 N. E. 636. 63 L. R. A. 406, 98 Am. St. Rep. 675), and the Supreme Court of the United States upon a writ of error (Adams v. New York, 192 U. S. 585. 24 Sup. Ct. 372, 48 L. Ed. 575). Prior to April 6, 1903, a court, in sentencing a prisoner, except in three specific cases, was required to limit the term of the sentence so that the sentence would expire during the so-called summer months; i. e., April, May, June, July, August, September, and October. Pen. Code, Sec. 607. In so calculating the term, the statute required the court to "limit the term of the sentence, having reference to the probability of the convict earning a reduction of his term for good behavior, as provided by chapter 21 of the Laws of 1886, and assuming that such reduction would be earned." Pen. Code, Sec. 697. Section 687a of the Penal Cod...

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