Rudolph James Anderson v. United States

Anderson pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced to three concurrent five year terms of imprisonment in 1965. It was further ordered “that the sentences of confinement imposed herein shall run consecutive to any confinement under which defendant is being held by state authorities.” Anderson was returned to the state authorities and was sentenced by them. He has now completed the state sentence and is in federal custody under the federal sentences imposed in-1965.

Anderson filed a motion pursuant to Rule 35, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, contending that the federal sentence…