In Re Lee
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for Writ of Habeas Corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWilbur, J.
On October 5, 1917, the petitioner was sentenced after verdict for manslaughter committed May 16, 1917. This sentence is' what is known as an indeterminate sentence, and was that the petitioner be punished by imprisonment “in the state prison at San Quentin for the term of from one to ten years.” This sentence was obviously imposed under the provisions of section 1168 of the Penal Code (Stats. 1917, p. 665), approved May 18, 1917, and which went into effect July 27, 1917, providing that “every person convicted of a public offense, for which public offense punishment by imprisonment in any…
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