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UGHBANKS v. ARMSTRONG

No. 435.

208 U.S. 481 (1908)

UGHBANKS v. ARMSTRONG, WARDEN OF THE MICHIGAN STATE PRISON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Chaddock and Mr. George E. Nichols for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John E. Bird, Attorney General of the State of Michigan, and Mr. Henry E. Chase, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

An act providing for an indeterminate sentence was first passed in Michigan on July 1, 1889, No. 228, p. 337, and was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of that State. People v. Cummings, 88 Michigan, 249. A constitutional amendment was subsequently adopted (1901), which authorized the legislature to provide...

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