United States v. David Lee Townsend

PAUL J. KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The government appeals from the district court’s sua sponte reduction of David Townsend’s sentence for his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), twenty-one days after sentence was orally imposed. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(b)(1) and we reverse.

Background

Pursuant to a plea agreement, Mr. Townsend was sentenced on August 13,1993, to 84 months imprisonment with three years supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). In sentencing Mr. Townsend, the…