Commonwealth v. Leverette

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining ineffectiveness claims may be raised on direct appeal only in certain circumstances which are not present here
• explaining ineffectiveness claims may be raised on direct appeal only if: (1) appellant raised claim(s) in post-sentence motion; (2) evidentiary hearing was held on claim(s); and (3) record devoted to claim(s) has been developed
• explaining ineffectiveness claims may be raised on direct appeal only if: (1) appellant raised claim(s) in post-sentence motion; (2) evidentiary hearing was held on claim(s); and (3) record devoted to claim(s) has been developed
• “If no statutory authorization exists for a particular sentence, that sentence is illegal and subject to correction.”
• “If no statutory authorization exists for a particular sentence, that sentence is illegal and subject to correction.”
• “if no statutory authorization exists for a particular sentence, that sentence is illegal”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).