Legal Opinion
People v. Cummings
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1891PublishedCited by 41 opinions
Error to Muskegon. (Dickerman, J.) Respondent was convicted of larceny, and sentenced under Act No. 228, Laws of 1889, to the State House of Correction and Reformatory, at Ionia, not less than two, nor more than four, years. Sentence vacated for all over two years. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
This case involves the constitutionality of *250Act No. 228, Laws of 1889. The act, in full, is as follows:
“ An Act to provide for indeterminate sentences, and disposition, management, and release of criminals under such sentence.
“ Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That, every sentence to State Prison at Jackson, the .State House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and the State House of Correction and Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, of any person hereafter convicted of a crime, except of a person sentenced for life, or a child under fifteen years of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. BrownMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
- Chandler v. NashMichigan Supreme Court · 1858
- In re WalshMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- In re BuddingtonMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
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