Legal Opinion
United States v. Cruz
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 8, 1976No. 75 Cr. 1150PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKEL, District Judge.
Discovering that the Bureau of Prisons and the Parole Commission have decided to *290“reverse” (and aggravate) the unappealed judgment of this court, the defendant moves for a reduction of his sentence. While the motion may not be the precisely apt technique for cutting the bureaucratic knot, it seems obvious that the defendant is entitled to some relief. The situation and the court’s disposition are as follows.
I
On February 11,1976, defendant was sentenced by this court to a term of imprisonment not to exceed two years.1 So that he might have the benefit of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Dorszynski v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Octavio Mestre Morera v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Helen Mae Lane, United States of America v. Honorable Fred KunzelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Nelson CruzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976