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No. 94-2067
v.
DONATO F. ANGIULO,
Defendant, Appellant.
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No. 94-2068
v.
FRANCESCO F. ANGIULO,
Defendant, Appellant.
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Before
Donald K. Stern,
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United
States Attorney,
and
Ernest S.
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United States.
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that
we explore
rules
the
that predate
guidelines,
Having
and are
completed the
interstices
of sentence-related
the inauguration
in
that sense
judicial
of the
criminal
federal sentencing
relics
of a
equivalent of
bygone
era.1
an archaeological
I.
I.
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
In 1983, a federal
Donato
and Francesco
Angiulo,
along with
the
Patriarca family of La
several others,
for
Cosa Nostra.
that
Following a
a plethora
of counts,
of
credit, 18 U.S.C.
racketeering
violations,
id.
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1962(c),
On April 3,
presided
extortionate extensions
and
id.
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operation of
an
Nelson, who
had
hearing.
The
1955.
1986, the
Hon. David S.
at the
trial,
convened a
colloquy focused
on the
presentence investigative
Reports).
Among
1962(d),
other things,
both
disposition
PSI Reports
reports (PSI
contained
3, 1986).
sentencing (April
that the
matter of duty," in
were affiliated
There
unconsummated murder
enterprise.
Elliot
conspiracies,
Weinstein,
allegedly committed
Francesco Angiulo's
He stated in part:
by
the
attorney,
In
to
support of my
strike
. .
indicate that
nowhere
of murder, conspiracies
to
murder
specifically
sentence
of
any
named
person
victims
report
have
at
all.
in
no
the
The
pre-
relationship
of
the
stated
to
the
proceedings
Court
the
at
government
several
Court indeed
sidebar
instructed
Francesco Angiulo . .
. .
Robert
Sheketoff,
objection.
Donato
Angiulo's
lawyer,
joined
My
client
was
not
charged
this and
it is
any
And I think
with
in any point in
from the
in the offense
the report that,
in
the
Judge
Nelson
references to
both
overruled these
the multiple
Angiulos to
appealed
lengthy
their convictions
objections
murders.
terms of
on other
and
left intact
He proceeded
immurement.
grounds, but
the
to sentence
The
brothers
eschewed any
further
challenge
to
the
PSI
Reports.
Their
appeals were
unavailing.
See
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United States
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v. Angiulo, 897
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F.2d 1169
(1st
On
December
substantially
18,
identical motions
1990,
for
the
appellants
filed
sentence reduction
in the
district court.
Supreme Court's
1, 1990).
The motions
spotlighted
appellants
received
and
The government
purported
received
occurred on October
disparity
the
between
Rule 35(b)
the
sentences appellants
minted federal
and
sentences
would
have
sentencing guidelines.
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parole-related effects of
Reports.
that
the
the references
to murder
the adverse
in the
PSI
course of
imposing
Fed. R. Crim.
sentence.
On
P. 32(c)(3)(D) in
January 24,
1992,
the
the
anticipated
32(c)(3)(D)."
adverse
effects
of
the
murder
references
references.
that
characterization:
each pleading
clarified
that
"[t]he
to
manner
of
effecting
administratively."2
earlier Rule
the
relief
These
35(b) motions by
he
pleadings
has
previously
adopted
sought
the defendants'
that the
Matters
remained
dormant
for
the sentences
and
imposed by
necessary" to
United States
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spell,
presumably
vindicate important
v. Angiulo, 852 F.
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"entirely justified
public policy
concerns.
Mass. 1994).
of their
asking
Judge
Young
to
hold
"status
conference
regarding
Rule 32(c)(3)(D)."
Although the
the
request sufficed
to
bring
the
Rule
32
motions
to
the
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procedure for
Prisons,
administrative appeals
within the
542.15 (1994).
Bureau of
See 28 C.F.R.
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forefront.
of
Rule
32,
disposition
murder
finding
that
the
In
He
discerned no violation
objections
references.
about the
those motions.
1994,
proffered
at
the
the bargain,
the court
expressed doubt
The appellants
in the wake
or,
of the PSI
the
murder
believe
references that
they
Reports to remove
are hindering
their
II.
II.
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
We
start with
bedrock.
Although a
district court's
is
a final
order, and,
thus, an
appealable event,
see, e.g.,
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United States v. McAndrews, 12 F.3d 273, 278 (1st Cir. 1993); see
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(holding
order),
district
the grant of a
the present
sentence reduction to
appeals are
court denied
the Rule
and no
appeal period.
See Fed.
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appeals must
not of
R. App. P.
be taken within 10
be an appealable
that persuasion.
35(b) motion
by
order entered
within the
applicable
The
such
entry of the
order);
Cir. 1994) (explaining that the time limits for taking appeals in
criminal cases
Hence, the
Refined to
Criminal
Rule
postsentence
32
motion
circumstances that
properly
provides
no
to correct
obtain here,
independent
PSI
foundation
Report
the appellants'
for
and, under
the
motions cannot
We
explain briefly.
and
See,
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we have
emphasized its
requirement of
literal compliance.
v. Hanono-Surujun, 914
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attributes,
cert. denied,
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however, do not
(1988).
545,
These
a court to
entertain
In the absence
violations of
Rule 32.
language in the
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3In
any
event,
unfettered discretion
former
Rule
on sentencing
35(b)
conferred
courts.
See,
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virtually
e.g., United
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court's discretion).
Judge Young's
successfully have
obvious
inadequacy
denial
of
courts have
pre-guidelines
refusal to grant
been
of the
it seems highly
relief thereunder
challenged,especially
motions'
linchpin
35(b) motion
no obligation
with
results
the
See
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Cir. 1988)
explaining
to harmonize
sentencing
and
given
assertion.
offenses
Thus,
that
sentences for
produced
by
could conceivably be
confer
district
review.
court jurisdiction
Cir. 1989)
based solely
inaccuracies
to
of itself, does
conduct
v. Engs, 884
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such
not
a postsentence
postsentence jurisdiction
(5th
exists
alone, does
read as authorizing
not give
in
a district court
PSI
report
after
32, standing
jurisdiction to
defendant
correct
has
been
sentenced"); United States v. Sarduy, 838 F.2d 157, 158 (6th Cir.
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1988);
United States
_____________
v. Peloso,
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824 F.2d
914, 915
(11th Cir.
1420 (E.D.
Sheela,
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667 F. Supp.
Or. 1987);
United States v.
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Appellants
their
Rule
32
motions as ones
courts,
try to
claims
by
locate
serviceable vehicle
characterizing
their
sometimes have
allowed
violations
of
for
supplementary
Rule 32
to
be
Feigenbaum, 962 F.2d 230, 232-33 (2d Cir. 1992); United States v.
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158;
United States v.
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Cir. 1988);
Katzin, 824
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F.2d
234, 237-38
at
(3d Cir.
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we regard
Hart as
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wrongly decided
follow it.
and we
See
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With
decline to
1987);
F.2d
824,
however,
828-29
(1st Cir.
is properly seen as
1986).
This
avenue of
founded on former
review,
a district court
manner."
35(a)
to "correct
a sentence imposed
in an
illegal
In view
attempt
to anchor
several infirmities
endeavor.
of this
legal mise-en-scene,
jurisdiction on former
Rule 35
the appellants'
suffers from
fatal to their
this case.
While the
considered any
35(b) motions
1994, it
district
court permissibly
Rule 32 irregularities
for discretionary
had no obligation
could
have
when it decided
the Rule
sentence reduction in
April of
to do
take timely
the circumstances of
so, and, in
all events,
denial of
the
these
motions.
Second,
properly to be
the circumstances
premised on
do not
permit jurisdiction
The
appellants
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an "illegal sentence at
available
to
address
Rule
sentences"
were
limited to
statutory
maximum
limits
those
or
violation
that
because
"illegal
"`exceed the
relevant
violate double
jeopardy
or
are
(quoting
35.03[2],
neither
cited that
jurisdiction
on it;
rule to
and,
Judge Young
as we
extraordinary circumstances,
in the
appeal."
lower court
cannot be
have
nor attempted
said, "absent
broached
for the
to base
the
most
raised squarely
first time
on
Local No. 59 v. Superline Transp. Co., 953 F.2d 17, 21 (1st Cir.
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1992).
This
See, e.g.,
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principle is
United States
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fully applicable
v. Slade,
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in criminal
980 F.2d
27, 30
cases.
(1st Cir.
1992).
Furthermore,
in order
to use former
Rule 35(a)
as a
Supreme
Court's denial
motions
of certiorari.
The
were docketed within that time span, but the first pleadings that
mentioned
period expired.
Even if these
120-day deadline
v. Ames,
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limitations
specified
in
former
Rule
35
are
mandatory
and
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Report may
2255.
United States v.
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1988).
Mosquera, 845
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In addition,
F.2d 1122,
1124 n.1
2241.
See United
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(1st Cir.
relief may
1990).
have
either
The appellants
of those
reliance on
statutes,
section
2255.
not
and they
Thus,
asserted jurisdiction
have expressly
we
take
no
under
disclaimed
view
10
(D. Me.
of
the
III.
III.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION
the
court's
denial of their
motions are
dead letters.
appellants' postsentence
On one hand,
Rule 35(b)
On the
motions, and,
other hand,
motions rest
hence, those
insofar as
on Rule 32,
the
simpliciter,
Affirmed.
Affirmed.
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7Of course, the district court should simply have denied the
Rule 32 motions
the merits of the
for lack of
reaching
Accordingly, its
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APPENDIX
APPENDIX
Former
Criminal
Rule 35,
which
applies to
offenses
(a) Correction of
(a) Correction of
may correct
and
The
an illegal sentence at
may correct
illegal
Sentence.
Sentence.
manner
court
any time
sentence imposed
within
the
time
in
an
provided
(b) Reduction
(b) Reduction
reduce a
of Sentence.
of Sentence.
days after
probation
is
upon
by
the
Supreme
the
effect
court
of
imposed or
of
120
a
the
judgment or
days
judgment of the
review of,
upholding,
days
mandate
or within 120
of any order or
Court denying
motion, within
or within
affirmance of
or the court
sentence is
revoked,
after receipt
issued
the
A motion to
or having
judgment
of
Criminal
Rule 32(c)(3)(D),
as applicable
to offenses
counsel
information
introduced
factual
inaccuracy
investigation
report or
to
testimony or
by
in
report or
matter
as
to
determination
the
presentence
the summary
shall, as
(i)
the allegation,
or
(ii)
that
no finding
is necessary
account in sentencing.
record
such findings
of
presentence
A written
any copy
investigation
made available
to the
12
be
and determinations
shall be
thereafter
of the
make
taken into
the
any
controverted,
of
other
them allege
each
finding
or
report
Bureau of