Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[T]he legislature intended to require a defendant filing a Rule 35(b) motion for a reduction of sentence to apply for the reduction after completion of the appeal in his original case. To allow a defendant to apply for a sentence reduction after his collateral attack was completed would allow a defendant to bring a motion for sentence reduction at any time. A defendant would merely have to file a habeas corpus action or an application for post-conviction relief and then pursue it to the United States Supreme Court. When the United States Supreme Court denied cer-tiorari, the defendant could apply for a sentence reduction. This was not the legislature’s intention.”

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