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State v. Wilkins

Citations

  • 900 A.2d 765
  • 393 Md. 269
  • 2006 Md. LEXIS 347

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the denial of a motion to correct an illegal sentence is an appealable final order
  • stating that “a motion to correct an illegal sentence is not an alternative method of obtaining belated appellate review of the proceedings that led to the imposition of judgment and sentence in a criminal case”
  • suggesting, in strong dicta, that the denial of the right of allocution does not result in an inherently illegal sentence
  • This Court listed cases in which this Court reviewed for abuse of discretion trial courts’ decisions as to defendants’ sentences.
  • “[A] motion to correct an illegal sentence can be granted ... where no sentence should have been imposed.”
  • “a motion to correct an illegal sentence can be granted ... where no sentence should have been imposed”

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Judges: Greene

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