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Moody v. State

Citations

  • 160 S.W.3d 512
  • 2005 Tenn. LEXIS 107
  • 2005 WL 407532

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that Rule 3(b) “does not authorize a direct appeal of a dismissal of a motion to correct an illegal sentence”
  • overruling Cox v. State, 53 S.W.3d 287, 294 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001), which had approved of the direct appeal of motions to correct illegal sentences through the writ of certiorari
  • “[T]he proper procedure for challenging an illegal sentence at the trial level is through a petition for writ of habeas corpus, the grant or denial of which can then be appealed under the Rules of Appellate Procedure.”

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Judges: Justice Janice M. Holder

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