United States v. Sinkfield

ORDER

SHOOB, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on convicted defendant Michael Sinkfield’s motion for a reduction of sentence pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 35. “Although Rule 35 does not require the sentencing judge to justify a proper order reducing a sentence, district judges occasionally do so.” Annotation, Reduction of Sentences Imposed by Federal District Court under Rule 35 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 32 A.L.R.Fed. 914, 934 (1977). Because this motion presents a question on which there appears to be no reported case law, this Court wishes to set forth its intentions in…