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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 16 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 People v. Donelson.

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1 People v. Donelson Anchor
ill · 2013
green “sentences were void to the extent they were ordered to be served concurrently.” 5
2 People v. Garcia
ill · 1997
green “premised on the erroneous assumption that there is a valid sentence to increase.” 5
3 People v. Brown
ill · 2007
green “while a sentence, or portion thereof, not authorized by statute is void it is void only to the extent that it exceeds what the law permits” 3
4 People v. Harvey
ill · 2001
green “because defendant challenges his extended-term sentence on the basis that the judgment is void, his challenge is proper and not restricted by the two-year limitation period in section 2-1401” 3

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