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State v. Craft

Citations

  • 490 S.E.2d 315
  • 200 W. Va. 496
  • 1997 W. Va. LEXIS 116

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that West Virginia’s criminal procedure rules require a district court to make a finding as to PSI disputes or expressly determine that no such finding is necessary
  • requiring the district court to make a written record of inaccuracies and append it to the PSI
  • determining, under the third prong of the plain error doctrine, that an error at sentencing “did not affect the outcome of the sentencing proceedings below”
  • resolving case on the substantial rights prong of the plain error doctrine
  • “A defendant has a due process right to be sentenced on the basis of accurate information.”

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Judges: McHugh

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