Legal Opinion
United States v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1981No. Nos. 80-1382, 80-1388, 80-1389, 80-1384, 80-1383, 80-1381, 80-1392 and 80-1387PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Appellants were convicted of various crimes and sentenced in the district court for the district of Oregon between June 1976 and January 1979. All filed timely Motions for Reduction of Sentence pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35, which authorizes a sentencing judge to reduce a criminal sentence within 120 days from the date the sentence becomes final. The district court did not respond until May 1980, when, after unexplained delays ranging from 12 months to 42 months, it denied each of the motions.
In this consolidated appeal, appellants argue that the long…
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