Opinion ID: 1205064
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Heading: THE TRIAL COURT HAD JURISDICTION TO RESENTENCE McGONIGAL.

Text: McGonigal asserts that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to resentence him. We disagree. In State v. Johnson , the Court held that a trial court has jurisdiction to withdraw its sentence and impose a new one before the defendant has been placed in the custody of the board of correction under the original sentence and commitment. In this case, at the conclusion of the sentencing on the morning of September 23, 1991, the trial court ordered the sheriff to transport McGonigal back to the state correctional institution. The sheriff had not transported McGonigal to the state correctional institution, nor had the board of correction taken custody of McGonigal, before the trial court resentenced McGonigal. Therefore, the trial court had jurisdiction to resentence McGonigal.