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Humphrey v. State

Citations

  • 297 Ga. 349
  • 773 S.E.2d 760
  • 2015 Ga. LEXIS 450

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[The void] provision of the sentence — but only that provision — must be vacated.”
  • “[A]s we have indicated in a number of cases, the consent of the parties cannot validate a void sentence.”
  • “[A]s we have indicated in a number of cases, the consent of the parties cannot validate a void sentence.”
  • “[A]s we have indicated in a number of cases, the consent of the parties cannot validate a void sentence.”
  • “only that provision [limiting Humphrey’s parole eligibility] . . . must be vacated”
  • “[T]he law only authorized the trial court to sentence [the defendant for murder] to death, imprisonment for life without any possibility of parole ever, or imprisonment for life with the possibility of parole as soon as permitted by law.”

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Judges: Blackwell

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