Case Name: Horacio REYES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1959-01-29
Citations: 262 F.2d 801
Docket Number: No. 17517
Parties: Horacio REYES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 262
Pages: 801–802

Head Matter:
Horacio REYES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 17517.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 29, 1959.
Horacio Reyes, in pro. per.
Arthur L. Luethcke, Asst. U. S. Atty., Russell B. Wine, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.
Before RIVES, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order denying relief, without a hearing, on appellant's motion to set aside a judgment sentencing him to a period of ten years in custody of the Attorney General.
Appellant's complaint is strictly one of law and not of facts, and we hold that the trial court did not err in denying relief on the ground that the files and records showed conclusively that appellant vs as entitled to no relief.
Upon conviction of a narcotics violation as to which a minimum sentence of five years must be given for a first offender, the appellant admitted to a pri- or conviction, thus making mandatory a ten year sentence. The trial court sentenced him to seven years. Three days later, upon learning that such sentence was less than the minimum provided by law, the trial court had appellant brought into court and corrected the sentence to ten years. It is from this order correcting sentence that appellant appeals.
As we have recently pointed out in Enzor v. United States, 5 Cir., 262 F.2d 172, the trial court has this power. Rule 35, F.R.Crim.P., 18 U.S.C.A. Rule 35, provides: "The court may correct an illegal sentence at any time." Such correction does not violate the constitutional rights of a convicted person. Bozza v. United States, 330 U.S. 160, 67 S.Ct. 645, 91 L.Ed. 818.
The judgment is affirmed.