State v. . Godwin

The defendant has abandoned all other exceptions save the one with respect to the final judgment, and presents the single question'as to the power of the court to change the original judgment and impose a longer prison sentence.

The general power of the court over its own judgments, orders, and decrees in both civil and criminal eases, during the existence of the term at which, they are first made, is undeniable. Ex parte Lange, 18 Wall., 163.

Until the expiration of the term the orders and judgments of the court are in fieri, and the judge has power, in his discretion, to make such changes and…