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· 7/13/1989

State v. Shove

Citations

  • 776 P.2d 132
  • 113 Wash. 2d 83
  • 1989 Wash. LEXIS 86

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the court lacked authority to modify a work release sentence to a suspended sentence with probation
  • holding that the court lacked authority to modify a work release sentence to a suspended sentence with probation
  • sentencing court lacks authority under the SRA to reduce a standard range sentence after it has been imposed
  • “Modification of a judgment is not appropriate merely because it appears, wholly in retrospect, that a different decision might have been preferable.”
  • “Final judgments in both criminal and civil cases may be vacated or altered only in those limited circumstances where the interests of justice most urgently require.”
  • “Final judgments in both criminal and civil cases may be vacated or altered only in those limited circumstances where the interests of justice most urgently require.”

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Judges: Durham

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