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final judgment in a criminal case

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Definitions from Case Law

United States Supreme Court

Final judgment in a criminal case,' the Court has said, 'means sentence. The sentence is the judgment.' ... 'The "sentence is the judgment" phrase has been used by this Court in dealing with cases in which the action of the trial court did not in fact subject the defendant to any form of judicial control. * * * But certainly when discipline has been imposed, the defendant is entitled to review.

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Corey v. United States, 375 U.S. 169 (1963).