State v. Vargas-Burgos

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing the State’s right to appeal a sentencing error despite failing to object below
• finding appellate court could correct sentencing error that benefitted defendant even though state had failed to object in trial court because state had filed cross-appeal
• “The sentencing court has no discretion to substitute its own judgment for that of the legislature.”
• claim that sentence is illegal is not waived by defendant’s failure to object in trial court
• legality of sentence may be properly appealed despite failure to object in trial court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).