Post-sentence psychiatric evidence is inadmissible on a sentence appeal unless the condition existed at the time of sentencing but was unknown or not fully appreciated. A psychiatric condition that develops after sentencing as a consequence of the sentence itself does not fall within the exception. Review of sentences in light of genuinely subsequent events remains the exclusive province of executive government.
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