Utah Supreme Court· 11/27/1995

State v. Brooks

Citations

908 P.2d 856
278 Utah Adv. Rep. 5
1995 Utah LEXIS 75
1995 WL 703408

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stating that \[t]he standard of review for a simple legal interpretation of a rule or statute is correctness\
interpreting \illegal sentence\ as the term appeared in Utah Rule of Criminal Procedure 22(e), and noting that \[a] request to correct an illegal sentence ... presupposes a valid conviction\
\[R]ule 22(e) permits the court of appeals to consider the legality of a sentence even if the issue is raised for the first time on appeal.\
“[R]ule 22(e) permits the court of appeals to consider the legality of a sentence even if the issue is raised for the first time on appeal.”
“[W]e could remand the matter to the court of appeals.... However, considerations of judicial economy suggest that we dispose of these issues ourselves.”
“The standard of review for a simple legal interpretation of a rule or statute is correctness.”

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Judges: Zimmerman, Durham, Glasmann, Zimmerman'S, Stewart, Howe, Russon

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