Court Opinion

ID: 9461795
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:24:55.34232+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:37:16.243299
License: Public Domain

ROBERT P. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge
(dissenting in part):
While I agree with the remedial purpose underlying the majority’s decision, it is my opinion that this should be brought about by an amendment to Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and not through a ruling by a federal court.
Rule 35 is a specific grant of power to the sentencing court and places a time limit on its exercise; it is jurisdictional in nature, and the time may not be enlarged. See Rule 45(b) which states, in part,-
“ . . . the court may not enlarge the period for taking any action under Rules 33, 34 and 35, except as otherwise provided in those rules, or the period for taking an appeal.”