People ex rel. Robarts v. Beaudry

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the trial court “lacked jurisdiction” to consider a late post- conviction motion, and stating that “when a trial court is presented with a motion it lacks jurisdiction to decide, the trial court should dismiss the motion rather than deny it”
• noting that when a trial court is presented with a motion it lacks jurisdiction to decide, the trial court should dismiss the motion rather than deny it
• providing that although a trial court should \dismiss\ rather than \deny\ a motion it lacks jurisdiction to consider, we will vacate only when the court considers the merits of that motion
• discussing the disposition of appeals of trial court orders that improperly rule on the merits of a criminal defendant’s motion
• “Because the trial court decided the merits of a motion it lacked jurisdiction to decide, we vacate the trial court’s order and remand with instructions to dismiss.”
• motion to withdraw guilty plea must be filed within same term of court as the judgment entered on the guilty plea

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