Illegal sentence may acquire finality barring later correction. GPS monitoring omitted from child pornography sentence became final after sixty-day Rule 29(a) deadline expired; adding it nearly one year later violated double jeopardy.
GPS monitoring mandatory for probationers convicted of child sexual abuse offenses; due process challenge rejected under rational basis test; Fourth Amendment claim not reached.
Murder conviction affirmed where identification through videotape and photographic array was not unnecessarily suggestive, prior bad acts evidence properly limited to state of mind, and surveillance footage inconsistencies were for jury.
Murder conviction affirmed despite newly discovered third-party culprit evidence from alleged confession, because the evidence did not create substantial risk jury would reach different verdict.
Murder conviction vacated where jury instructions failed to permit consideration of defendant's intoxication regarding extreme atrocity or cruelty element.
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Affirmed conviction and denial of motion for new trial; trial counsel's tactical decisions and expert testimony were not ineffective assistance.
Court replaces strict constitutional standard for sealing criminal records with lower common-law good cause test, emphasizing legislative intent to remove barriers to employment and housing for rehabilitated individuals.
Murder conviction vacated based on newly available forensic evidence excluding defendant from purple jacket that prosecution relied upon as key physical evidence linking defendant to victim.
Defendant convicted of breaking and entering and larceny challenged denial of postverdict hearing regarding juror's contact with trial witness. Court affirmed, finding no extraneous influence or bias.
