If a person was conviced of a crime. And the sentence is "vacated" - what exactly does that mean?
2007-07-09 15:49:50 · 4 answers · asked by JT 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Means they abandoned it, made it go away. It doesn't necessarily mean they can't or won't impose a new one.
2007-07-09 15:53:26 · answer #1 · answered by Morgan M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vacated Means
2016-10-01 07:53:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Voided, eliminated, stricken from the record.
If a sentence was vacated, then the conviction still stands, but the appellate court found some problem with the sentence, either what it was or how it was determined. So, the matter is remanded for determination of a new sentence based on the conviction.
If a conviction was vacated, it's usually because the trial was found so severely defective that the verdict could not stand. But not so bad that the person cannot be retried (new trial).
2007-07-09 15:54:14 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look at like there never was a sentence.
2007-07-09 15:52:49 · answer #4 · answered by lobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up the word vacated in the dictionary, now apply what you have learned to the word sentence. Are you able to figure it out for yourself? Good boy!
2007-07-09 15:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
That the words of the judgement have disappeared just like the convict will.
I am the Fringe and it just cost too much to lock these people up!
2007-07-09 15:54:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To vacate ....to remove
2007-07-09 15:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just fancy lawyer speak for, "We gonna chop dat bastards head off!"
2016-03-18 01:19:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋