State v. Spieker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that pro se motions should be liberally construed
• finding the substance of pro se pleading to be a motion to correct illegal sentence when appellant stated he could raise an illegal sentence argument at any time
• “Liberal rules of construction cannot transform the reality of a pleadings content or the arguments being advanced, even when a litigant is pro se.”
• \Whether the district court correctly construed a pro se pleading is a question of law subject to unlimited review.\
• felony-murder lesser included offense jury instruction claim cannot be raised in motion to correct an illegal sentence because claim challenges conviction, not sentence
• court that had jurisdiction over original, direct appeal has appellate jurisdiction over a subsequent motion to correct an illegal sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).