· 12/6/1944
In re Petition for the Adoption of Levin
Citations
- 28 Del. Ch. 588
- 40 A.2d 446
- 1944 Del. Ch. LEXIS 24
How courts have described this case
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- holding whether a sentence is illegal is a question of law over which appellate courts have unlimited review
- motion to correct illegal sentence was not appropriate way to assert claim that sentence was unconstitutional
- motion to correct illegal sentence was not appropriate way to assert claim that sentence was unconstitutional
- motion to correct illegal sentence wasn’t appropriate way to assert claim that sentence was unconstitutional
- \[A] motion to correct an illegal sentence cannot be used to attack the constitutionality of a sentencing statute.\
- whether sentence is illegal is question of law subject to unlimited review
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Judges: Speakman
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