Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Joseph Badamo, Appellant, against John F. Foster, as Warden of Auburn Prison, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1947-07-01
Citations: 272 A.D.2d 968
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Joseph Badamo, Appellant, against John F. Foster, as Warden of Auburn Prison, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 272
Pages: 968–969

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Joseph Badamo, Appellant, against John F. Foster, as Warden of Auburn Prison, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of the Clinton County Court which dismissed appellant-relator's writ of habeas corpus. Relator contends that his sentence as a second offender was jurisdictionally invalid in that his prior conviction in 1932, in a Federal court, of uttering a counterfeit Federal Reserve note was not then an offense of felony grade under the penal laws of our State. We are of the opinion that relator's prior offense constituted a felony under our forgery statutes as they stood in 1932 (Penal Law, § 881, subds. 1, 3; § 887), and prior to the 1934 amendment (L. 1934, ch. 614). Order affirmed, without costs. All concur.