California Supreme Court, 1923

In Re Jordan

In Re Jordan
California Supreme Court · Decided February 16, 1923 · THE COURT.
212 P. 913; 190 Cal. 416; 1923 Cal. LEXIS 543

In Re Jordan

Opinion of the Court

The petitioner was given an indeterminate sentence for robbery. The petitioner claims that the sentence is void for uncertainty, citing People v. Sama, 189 Cal. 153 [207 P. 893]; People v. Mendosa, 178 Cal. 509 [193 P. 998]; In reLee, 177 Cal. 690 [171 P. 958], and Penal Code, sections 213, 671, and 1168.

The sentence was, in effect, for the maximum term provided by law. (In re Lee, supra.) *Page 417

The maximum term provided by law was life imprisonment.

The petition is denied.

Wilbur, C. J., Myers, J., Seawell, J., Waste, J., and Kerrigan, J., concurred.

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