Can the contention that a sentence is invalid be challenged on the grounds of habeas corpus?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Granville, In re, 234 Cal.App.3d 155, 285 Cal.Rptr. 653 (Cal. App. 1991):
2 Even were we not to find ineffective counsel, the contention that the sentence is invalid could be attacked by petition. "Habeas corpus is an appropriate remedy to correct sentences which are invalid or excessive under section 654. (Neal v. State of California, 55 Cal.2d 11, 17 [9 Cal.Rptr. 607, 357 P.2d 839]." (In re Adams (1975) 14 Cal.3d 629, 633, 122 Cal.Rptr. 73, 536 P.2d 473.)
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