American Samoa Government v. Tile

On Motion for Reduction of Sentence:

Fue Junior Tile moves for the reduction of a thirty-year sentence imposed on July 3, 1985, after he pleaded guilty to second degree murder.1 The Court is urged to reduce the sentence because of Tile’s "exemplary" conduct as an inmate and because of the rehabilitative effects the first years of his sentence have wrought.

The government has moved that the motion be dismissed, arguing that the Court is without jurisdiction to entertain a motion to have a sentence reduced when the motion was filed after the expiration of the time limit provided in the rules of…