State v. Skipwith

Summary

The court held that it had jurisdiction over a victim's common-law writ of error challenging the denial of constitutional victim rights, even though no statute expressly authorized that remedy. The victim also had standing because the trial court's final ruling was binding on and aggrieved her, but the requested remedy—vacating the defendant's sentence—was constitutionally barred because it would affect the criminal judgment. The court therefore affirmed dismissal of the writ on the merits and did not decide whether the sentence was otherwise imposed illegally.