The Court of Appeals dismissed as untimely petitioner Smissaert's appeal of the original judgment in a case in which the trial court later entered a corrected sentence nunc pro tunc. We affirm the trial court's imposition of a life sentence, but reverse the nunc pro tunc entry of sentence. In so doing, we articulate a new rule: When imposition of an increased sentence is required to correct a judicial error,...
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