United States v. Hall

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

Eighteen days after originally sentencing Defendant-Appellee David Hall to eighteen years of imprisonment, the district court sua sponte resentenced him to three fewer years. After fourteen days following the original imposition of sentence the district court lacked jurisdiction to resentence Hall; therefore, we must VACATE the district court’s revised sentence and REMAND for reimposition of the original sentence.

I. BACKGROUND

On June 3, 2009, Hall was indicted on five counts of federal drug and firearm charges. Hall pleaded guilty to possession with…