Court Opinion

ID: 42204
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2010-04-25 21:16:59+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:51.897403
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM:
 

  Appellant Kenneth Tyrone Shaw appeals his reduced 120-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base in an amount in excess of 50 grams, which sentence was imposed following the government’s motion to reduce sentence pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(b). Shaw argues that the order reducing his sentence should be reversed because he was not given notice of the government’s motion, an opportunity to be heard on the motion, or the right to counsel.
 

  On appeal, Shaw argues that a court’s action on a Rule 35(b) motion for reduction of sentence amounts to a re-sentencing, which gives the court discretion to modify the sentence, and, therefore, the same protections afforded a defendant during sentencing are necessary at the motion hearing. The government acknowledges that it erred in its attempted service of the Rule 35(b) motion, and submits that the district ■ court’s order on the motion should be vacated and the case remanded for reconsideration.
 

  Accordingly, the order of the district court is vacated and the matter remanded for reconsideration. Representation of counsel that begins on appeal continues automatically on remand; thus Shaw will have the assistance of counsel on remand because this Court’s order appointing counsel for him will remain in effect.
 

  VACATED AND REMANDED.