273 Ga. App. 42 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Allen v. United States · Hanifa v. State · Riley v. State · Bishop v. State · Tessmer v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“If the resentencing is not legislatively authorized or the defendant has a reasonable expectation in the finality of his sentence, the ... court[s] may not increase the defendant's sentence once he has begun serving it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Absent these circumstances, the resentencing constitutes a double punishment that runs afoul of the Fifth Amendment prohibition against double jeopardy. [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“final at the time that [they were approved by the Panel], and [Ms. Widner and similarly situated defendants] had no reason to believe that it was otherwise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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