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1 F.3d 329

Docket No. 92-1610.

United States v. Sinclair

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Aug. 27, 1993.

Rehearing Denied Sept. 28, 1993.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1993-08-27

2 counsel of record

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“A district court's ruling under Rule 35 will be reversed only for illegality or gross abuse of discretion.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including United States v. Doe

Relies on United States v. Sparrow · United States v. Lewis · United States v. Hanyard

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1993-08-27

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Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently July 2019

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¶1*330Bill Boyd, Boyd & Veigel, P.C., McKinney, TX, for defendant-appellant.

¶2Delonia A. Watson, Joe C. Lockhart, Asst. U.S. Attys., Fort Worth, TX, Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

¶3Before WIENER, EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE *, District Judge.

¶5PER CURIAM:

¶6Clifford Sinclair, a federal prisoner, has appealed from the district court’s denial of his motion to reduce his sentence, which was filed pursuant to Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. A district court’s ruling under Rule 35 will be reversed “only for illegality or gross abuse of discretion.”1United States v. Lewis, 743 F.2d 1127, 1129 (5th Cir.1984) (quoting United States v. Sparrow, 673 F.2d 862, 864 (5th Cir.1982)). We have reviewed the record and considered the arguments presented, and we do not find that the district court grossly abused its discretion.

¶7AFFIRMED.

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