Taylor v. State

OPINION

DROWOTA, J.

The sole issue in this consolidated appeal is whether a sentence imposed under a statute which was subsequently declared unconstitutional by this Court constitutes an illegal sentence, which is void, and may be challenged and corrected at any time without regard to the post-conviction statute of limitations. Because the statute had not been declared unconstitutional pri- or to the time the sentences were imposed, the sentences are not illegal and thus void. They are instead voidable sentences which must be challenged-within the time prescribed by the post-conviction statute…