Topic: correct sentencing errors, sua sponte, if necessary. · Go Syfert
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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Dickson v. State.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Dickson v. State Anchor
indctapp · 1993
green “correct sentencing errors, sua sponte, if necessary.” 4
2 Kendrick v. State
ind · 1988
red “trial courts, in the absence of express statutory authority, cannot order consecutive sentences.” 3
3 State v. Eubanks
indctapp · 2000
green “generally an issue that was available but not raised on direct appeal is waived at the post-conviction hearing.” 3
4 Casey v. State
indctapp · 1997
green “the state has the burden to show, among other things, that the defendant threatened the victim with the intent that she be placed in fear of retaliation for a prior lawful act.” 3
5 Garner v. State
indctapp · 1995
green “if one is arrested for one crime, and commits another crime while being released either on the person's own recognizance or on bond, consecutive sentencing is mandatory.” 3
6 Howell v. State
indctapp · 1997
green “involves an ongoing criminal investigation, not merely a discrete criminal report,” 3
7 Simms v. State
indctapp · 1981
green “we conclude there is no basis for the proposition that the legislature could have contemplated” 2

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