Stewart v. State

Appellant Sammy Earl Stewart filed a petition, denied by the trial court, requesting that the court reconsider and/or modify the sentence imposed in his criminal case. Stewart appeals the adverse decision, and we affirm because the trial court correctly found it did not have the authority to grant the relief that Stewart requested.

The judgment at issue was entered in 1997. Generally speaking, absent a statute, rule, or available writ, once the circuit court enters a judgment-and-commitment order, jurisdiction is transferred to the executive branch of our government. Whitney v. State , 2018…