Legal Opinion
United States v. Townsend
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 23, 2014No. 13-2677PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Louis Townsend pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to 71 months in prison. He challenges his sentence on several grounds, but the government questions whether the appeal is timely. Townsend’s deadline for filing a notice of appeal was July 22, 2013. On July 17 he filed a motion titled “Defendant Louis Townsend’s Motion to Reconsider His Sentence.” By statute a motion for sentence modification must be brought under Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and motions under that rule don’t extend the time for filing an appeal. So…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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