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· 9/3/1890

People v. Alsemi

Citations

  • 85 Cal. 434
  • 24 P. 810
  • 1890 Cal. LEXIS 933

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “a sentencing court has jurisdiction to vacate a void sentence at any time”
  • objections to the validity of prior convictions used in aggravation of sentence can be waived
  • “The sentencing court generally has jurisdiction to modify or vacate such a sentence only for one year following the imposition of the sentence.”
  • both the Supreme Court of Georgia and this Court have routinely held that a defendant may waive challenges to the predicate offenses used to sentence him as a recidivist

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Judges: Fox

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