Is there an probation ruling appeal thread?
Anyway I just saw this article, and this seemed the best place to post it. Not sure if it's been put up here yet...
Casey Anthony appeal: probation a 'vindictive act by a glaringly biased judge'
Lawyers for Casey Anthony file an emergency petition appealing a judge's order that she must return to Orlando next week to begin serving a year of probation they say she already completed.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justic...-a-vindictive-act-by-a-glaringly-biased-judge
Quote:
The lawyers said that although judges have the authority to correct a clerical error in a sentence still being served, they do not have the power to amend a sentence once it has been completed.
Once a sentence has been fully served, even if it is an illegal sentence, the court lacks jurisdiction and would violate double jeopardy by resentencing the defendant to an increased sentence, the appeal says.
is that a :stretch:
or what?