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Reynolds v. State

Citations

  • 611 S.E.2d 750
  • 272 Ga. App. 91
  • 2005 Fulton County D. Rep. 806
  • 2005 Ga. App. LEXIS 224

How courts have described this case

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

  • a sentence is void if the court imposes punishment that the law does not allow
  • trial court’s mistake about sentencing range did not render sentence void where defendant was nevertheless sentenced within the statutory maximum
  • a sentence is void if it imposes punishment that the law does not allow, and as long as the sentence falls within statutory guidelines, it is not void
  • “A sentence is void if the court imposes punishment that the law does not allow. When the sentence imposed falls within the statutory range of punishment, the sentence is not void[.]”
  • motion to set aside sentence that was not filed in the term in which the sentence was entered, within a year of the date upon which sentence was imposed, nor “within 120 days of the trial court’s receipt of a direct-appeal remittitur” was untimely
  • motion to set aside sentence that was not filed in the term in which the sentence was entered, within a year of the date upon which sentence was imposed, nor “within 120 days of the trial court’s receipt of a direct-appeal remittitur” was untimely

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Judges: Blackburn, Miller, Bernes

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