168 W. Va. 694 - State v. Conley’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
March 2016
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 168 W. Va. 306 - Addair v. Bryant · State v. Higley · 69 Wis. 2d 242 - Sanders v. State · Gilliam v. United States · 164 W. Va. 712 - State v. Olish
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]n correcting an illegal sentence under Rule 35(a) of the West Virginia Rules of Criminal Procedure, a trial court has discretion to correct the sentence without holding a de novo resentencing hearing. This Court will not reverse the denial of a request for a de novo resentencing hearing on a trial court’s correction of á sentence under Rule 35(a) absent a showing of an abuse of discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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