In re Wignall

California Supreme Court

In re Wignall

193 Cal. 387

CourtCalifornia Supreme Court

DecidedMarch 13, 1924

DocketCrim. No. 2653

StatusPublished

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In re Wignall, 193 Cal. 387 (Cal. 1924).

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THE COURT.

At the conclusion of the oral argument the Chief Justice made the following statement:

The Chief Justice: The members of the court are satisfied that the first judgment pronounced by the trial [388]*388court, which recited the verdict of the jury finding the petitioner guilty of the offense stated in the information, to wit, a conspiracy to obtain personal property to a value of more than one hundred dollars by false pretenses, was a sufficient sentence of the defendant for the term provided by law for conspiracy to commit a felony, that is, a sentence for the maximum term of ten years, as we construe section 182 of the Penal Code, and that term not having as yet expired, the prisoner should be remanded (sec. 182, Stats. 1919, p. 170; secs. 532, 669, Pen. Code; see Ex parte Kirby, 76 Cal. 514 [18 Pac. 655]; In re Mann, 192 Cal. 393 [220 Pac. 305]).

Mr. Todd: Do your honors rule as to when the first term begins 1

The Chief Justice: From the date of the first sentence.

Prisoner remanded.

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THE COURT.

At the conclusion of the oral argument the Chief Justice made the following statement:

The Chief Justice: The members of the court are satisfied that the first judgment pronounced by the trial [388]*388court, which recited the verdict of the jury finding the petitioner guilty of the offense stated in the information, to wit, a conspiracy to obtain personal property to a value of more than one hundred dollars by false pretenses, was a sufficient sentence of the defendant for the term provided by law for conspiracy to commit a felony, that is, a sentence for the maximum term of ten years, as we construe section 182 of the Penal Code, and that term not having as yet expired, the prisoner should be remanded (sec. 182, Stats. 1919, p. 170; secs. 532, 669, Pen. Code; see Ex parte Kirby, 76 Cal. 514 [18 Pac. 655]; In re Mann, 192 Cal. 393 [220 Pac. 305]).

Mr. Todd: Do your honors rule as to when the first term begins 1

The Chief Justice: From the date of the first sentence.

Prisoner remanded.

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