Opinion ID: 1190318
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Unlawful Sentence

Text: As we explained above, the district court did not have authority under either Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35 or Rule 36 to correct any mistake in the oral sentence via the written judgment and, therefore, the oral sentence is controlling on appeal. The statutory-maximum sentence for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) is twenty years, i.e., 240 months, and for a violation of § 2113(d) is twenty-five years, i.e., 300 months. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a), (d). Thus, in orally sentencing Penson to concurrent terms of 310 months imprisonment for each of the three counts of bank robbery, the district court exceeded its statutory authority and pronounced an unlawful sentence. [1] We must vacate Penson's sentence and remand for resentencing on this ground alone. United States v. Sims, 975 F.2d 1225, 1241 (6th Cir.1992) (holding that when a sentence[] exceed[s] the statutory maximum sentence ... we will vacate the excessive sentence[] and remand for resentencing).