Positano v. Wetzel

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, because defendant “cite[d] no statute permitting” his challenge to the propriety of his sentence, “the court was authorized to proceed only within the constraints of Rule 35”
• explaining that “Congress long ago abrogated” the common-law practice of allowing motions for reconsideration “in the sentencing context”
• filing motion to reconsider sentence does not affect time limit for filing notice of appeal
• “Congress long ago abrogated this common-law practice in the sentencing context.”

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