Bernard Edmond Laclair v. United States

KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant, Bernard Edmond LaClair, filed a motion with the District Court, pursuant to Rule 36, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C., to correct the written judgment and commitment under which he was detained in custody on the ground that:

“[T]he oral judgment pronounced from the bench was too vague and indefinite to support a consecutive sentence and there is a substantial inconsistency between the oral pronouncement of the sentence and the written judgment and commitment.”

This appeal followed denial of that motion.

Mr. LaClair prosecuted his appeal…