Gates v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 2007
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. City of Huntsville · Kirby v. State · Holt v. State · 828 So. 2d 952 - Ex Parte Thomas · Ex Parte Butler
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“"In Gates's case, the State's motion to reconsider the circuit court's March 15, 2005, order was filed on March 23, 2006, more than 1 year after the initial order was issued and well outside the 30-day period in which the court retains jurisdiction. As was the case in Ex parte Butler, the trial court's March 15, 2005, judgment determined that Gates was a nonviolent convicted offender. "`Thus, even if § 13A-5-9.1 gave the trial judge jurisdiction only in those cases in which it is ultimately determined that the inmate seeking sentence reconsideration is a nonviolent convicted offender, the [March 15, 2005,] judgment was tantamount to a decision by the trial judge that [Gates's] case met the jurisdictional requirements of that statute. Furthermore, that decision and the concomitant relief ordered by the trial judge constituted a final judgment, which after 30 days, the trial court no longer had jurisdiction to alter, amend, or vacate.'"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"I maintain that a consistent construction of § 13A-5-9.1 ... requires that jurisdiction vests in `the sentencing judge or presiding judge' to consider motions for sentence reconsideration only when the motion is filed by a `nonviolent convicted offender.' Therefore, if an inmate has been convicted of an offense that is defined by statute as a violent offense, he is a violent offender, and the sentencing judge or the presiding judge does not have jurisdiction to entertain the motion."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“by the sentencing judge or presiding judge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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