United States v. Charles W. Ramsey

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a denial by the District Court of appellant’s motion, made pursuant to Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, to correct an allegedly illegal sentence. Rule 35 provides that, while a court may correct an “illegal sentence” at any time, a court may correct a sentence “imposed in an illegal manner” only within time limits set forth in the Rule. Since we find that appellant’s sentence was a legal sentence imposed in an illegal manner, and that appellant’s motion to…