Legal Opinion
United States v. Hector Ramon Diaz-Clark
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 5, 2002No. 01-12343PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MIDDLEBROOKS, District Judge:
In this appeal, we are presented with the specific question of whether a district court has jurisdiction, after the expiration of the time provided by Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and without any federal habeas corpus petition before it, to reduce a prisoner’s sentence based upon its conclusion that the sentence it had originally imposed was erroneous due to a grouping error under the Sentencing Guidelines. Because we conclude that the district court did not have such jurisdiction to modify the original sentence, we reverse, vacate the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- University of South Alabama v. American Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Bank of Nova Scotia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Reed v. FarleySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by49 opinions
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