In Re Jordan
California Supreme Court Feb 16, 1923 No. Crim. No. 2549.Published
Before: 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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