California Supreme Court, 1923

In re Jordan

In re Jordan
California Supreme Court · Decided February 16, 1923
190 Cal. 416

In re Jordan

Opinion of the Court

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 Pac. 893]; People v. Mendosa, 178 Cal. 509 [193 Pac. 998] ; In re Lee, 177 Cal. 690 [171 Pac. 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.)

*417The 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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