Legal Opinion

United States v. Morillo

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 8, 1993No. 93-1388PublishedCited by 184 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This proceeding requires us, for the first time, to chart the interrelationship between Fed.R.App.P. 4(b) (delimiting the appeal period in criminal cases) and Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(c) (the text of which is set forth in the margin). 1 We conclude that, under certain circumscribed circumstances, post-judgment motions brought under the latter rule can operate to extend the appeal period limned by the former rule, and that the instant case qualifies for this elongating effect. Thus, the appeal prosecuted by defendant-appellant Josh Morillo is properly before us. This initial…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. DieterSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. HealySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. United States v. IbarraSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Federal Trade Commission v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by184 opinions

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