Topic: the right to be lawfully sentenced is a substantial right. … · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 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. Whitney.

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1 People v. Whitney Anchor
illappct · 1998
green “the right to be lawfully sentenced is a substantial right. thus, impermissible or illegal sentences may be attacked on appeal as plainly erroneous” 4
2 People v. Whitney
illappct · 1998
green “the right to be lawfully sentenced is a substantial right.” 3
3 People v. Wilkins
illappct · 2003
green “reviewing courts regularly have applied the plain error rule to address claims that an extended-term sentence was not authorized by law.” 3

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