What is the test for a writ of error to vacate a conviction for the crime of murder in the first degree with a recommendation of life imprisonment?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. White, 170 N.Y.S.2d 746, 8 Misc.2d 395 (N.Y. Gen. Sess. 1957):

This is an application for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate a conviction for the crime of murder in the first degree with a recommendation of life imprisonment. Sentence was so imposed on June 5, 1944, and the conviction was affirmed on appeal. People v. White, 265 App.Div. 1046, 39 N.Y.S.2d 1010; Id., 293 N.Y. 651, 56 N.E.2d 253.

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