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190 Cal. 416

In re Jordan

California Supreme Court

Decided February 16, 1923

California Supreme Court · decided 1923-02-16

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1972

2 state decisions

Relies on In Re Lee · People v. Mendosa · People v. Sama

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Decided 1923-02-16

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THE COURT.

¶1The 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.

¶2The sentence was, in effect, for the maximum term provided by law. (In re Lee, supra.)

¶3*417The maximum term provided by law was life imprisonment.

¶4The petition is denied.

¶5Wilbur, C. J., Myers, J., Seawell, J., Waste, J., and Kerrigan, J., concurred.

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