· 1/31/1972
United States v. George E. Evans
Citations
- 459 F.2d 1134
- 148 U.S. App. D.C. 110
- 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 11575
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “It is well settled that a sentence in all respects legal cannot be increased after the defendant has begun serving it . . . . A sentence plainly illegal, however . . . may be corrected even after the defendant has begun serving it.”
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Judges: McGowan, Leventhal, MacKinnon
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