Legal Opinion
In Re Sandel
California Supreme Court
Decided April 12, 1966No. Crim. 8199PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMosk, J.
By this proceeding in habeas corpus we adjudicate the power of the Adult Authority to “correct” an erroneous sentence imposed by a trial court. As will appear, we hold that the Adult Authority is not vested with such power and that any attempted exercise thereof is in excess of its jurisdiction.
Petitioner was convicted of second degree robbery on April 5, 1962, and was sentenced to prison for the term prescribed by law (Pen. Code, § 213 [“not less than one year”]). He was confined in the California Men’s Colony, San Luis Obispo County, but escaped from that facility on September 14, 1962.…
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