Opinion ID: 75617
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Heading: The J&C Order

Text: 17 Rule 36 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provides that [c]lerical mistakes in judgments, orders, or other parts of the record and errors in the record arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any time. Fed.R.Crim.P. 36. The district court's original J&C stated that the date Hagins' offense concluded was 13 February, 1996. Ex. Vol.3-165-1. At trial, however, the evidence presented included an audio tape of a conversation between Johnson and Hagins on 28 March, 1996. During that call, Hagins informed Johnson that he did not have an extra two ounces of cocaine, but did have the original amount Johnson had asked him to obtain. Ex. Vol. 4-174-103. At sentencing, the district judge adopted the findings of the PSI, which included a description of the 28 March, 1996 phone call. We find that the district judge properly amended the J&C pursuant to Rule 36. The change was a clerical one. See United States v. Bates, 213 F.3d 1336, 1340 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 121 S. Ct. 666 (2000) (holding that, where a written judgment conflicts with the oral pronouncements of the sentencing judge, the oral pronouncement at sentencing controls). 18