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examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Ward v. United States (3×) also: Cited as authority (rule)
D.C. · 2024 · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
henever a reversal on appeal undoes a sentencing plan, or even calls the plan into question, the district court should be invited to resentence the defendant on all counts in order to achieve a rational, coherent structure in light of the remaining convictions.
examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Baker v. State (4×) also: Cited as authority (rule)
Wyo. · 2011 · signal: see · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
whenever a reversal on appeal undoes a sentencing plan, or even calls the plan into question, the district court should be invited to resentence the defendant on all counts in order to achieve a rational, coherent structure in light of the remaining convictions
examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) State v. Martin
Vt. · 2009 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
our court has concluded that whenever a reversal on appeal undoes a sentencing plan, or even calls the plan into question, the district court should be invited to resentence the defendant on all counts . . . .
examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) United States v. Juan Pimienta-Redondo, United States of America v. Alfredo Pupo (6×) also: Cited as authority (rule), Cited "see"
1st Cir. · 1989 · signal: see · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
whenever a reversal on appeal undoes a sentencing plan, or even calls the plan into question, the district court should be invited to resentence the defendant on all counts in order to achieve a rational, coherent structure in light of the remaining convictions
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Craig D. Sallie v. State of Mississippi
Miss. · 2018 · confidence medium
The First Circuit reasoned that “[a]fter an appellate court unwraps” the original sentencing package by removing “one or more charges from its confines, . . . common sense dictates that the judge should be free to review the efficacy of what remains in light of the original plan,” and be allowed “to reconstruct the sentencing architecture upon 12 remand, within applicable constitutional and statutory limits, if that appears necessary in order to ensure that the punishment still fits both crime and criminal.” Id. (citing United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir. 1988)…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Cory J. Roberts
R.I. · 2013 · confidence medium
See United States v. Jefferson, 714 F.2d 689, 707 (7th Cir.1983), vacated on other grounds, 474 U.S. 806 , 106 S.Ct. 41 , 88 L.Ed.2d 34 (1985) (mem.) (overruling Turner); see, e.g., United States v. Pimienta-Redondo, 874 F.2d 9 , 14 & n. 5 (1st Cir.1989) (en banc) (rejecting Henry); United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 329 (7th Cir.1988) (same).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Brown (2×)
Conn. App. Ct. · 2012 · confidence medium
Id., 563 , quoting United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S. Ct. 501 , 102 L.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Tabone (2×)
Conn. · 2009 · confidence medium
The guiding principle is that the court may resentence the defendant to achieve a rational, coherent [sentence] in light of the remaining convictions, as long as the revised total effective sentence does not exceed the original. [State v. Raucci, supra, 21 Conn. App.] 563, quoting United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S. Ct. 501 , 102 L.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Garmany
D. Ariz. · 2007 · confidence medium
Upon re-sentencing, “the court possesses all of the options initially open, including a choice between concurrent and consecutive terms.... ” United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.1988).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Tabone
Conn. · 2006 · confidence medium
The guiding principle is that the court may resentence the defendant ‘to achieve a rational, coherent [sentence] in light of the remaining convictions,’ as long as the revised total effective sentence does not exceed the original.” Id., 563 , quoting United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S. Ct. 501 , 102 L.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Miranda
Conn. · 2002 · confidence medium
The guiding principle is that the court may resentence the defendant ‘to achieve a rational, coherent [sentence] in light of the remaining convictions,’ as long as the revised total effective sentence does not exceed the original.” Id., 563 , quoting United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S. Ct. 501 , 102 L.
cited Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Richard Martenson
7th Cir. · 1999 · confidence medium
See United States v. Wolf, 90 F.3d 191, 194-95 (7th Cir.1996); United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-30 (7th Cir. 1988).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Stewart E. Andrews, III
7th Cir. · 1997 · confidence medium
United States v. Wolf, 90 F.3d 191, 195 (7th Cir.1996) (in a Rule 35(a) motion, stating that "we are aware of no authority that holds that the power to correct a sentence is limited to the deletion of the illegal component without replacement of a corresponding legal component"); United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.1988) ("Nothing in the language or history of Rule 35(a) prevents a court from rebuilding the edifice to carry out the plan, so long as the reconstruction also eliminates the illegal feature of the first package.").
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Richard Alexander Smith
7th Cir. · 1997 · confidence medium
In regard to sentences attacked under the old Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, in United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-329 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988), we made clear our impatience with empty formalities: Given Shue, nothing but pointless formalism would support a distinction between a sentencing plan disrupted by the vacatur of some counts on appeal and a plan shattered by the district court’s own recognition that the plan was infested with error.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Tolliver
N.D. Ill. · 1996 · confidence medium
See also United States v. Mancari, 914 F.2d 1014, 1018-19 (7th Cir. 1990), cert. denied, 499 U.S. 924 , 111 S.Ct. 1320 , 113 L.Ed.2d 253 (1991)(eiting Shue); United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988)(same).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Crowder
E.D. Tenn. · 1996 · confidence medium
The Seventh Circuit criticized Henry and reached the opposite conclusion in United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988), reh. denied, 488 U.S. 1051 , 109 S.Ct. 885 , 102 L.Ed.2d 1008 (1989).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Micheal L. Gruenberg
8th Cir. · 1995 · confidence medium
See United States v. Jackson, 923 F.2d 1494 , 1498-99 & n. 6 (11th Cir.1991); United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988); United States v. Lopez, 706 F.2d 108, 109-10 (2d Cir.1983) (per curiam).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Craig A. Mitran
7th Cir. · 1993 · confidence medium
See United States v. Kalinowski, 890 F.2d 878, 882 (7th Cir.1989); United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328, n. 3 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 (1988). 4 10 Moreover, even if we were to address the merits of the argument, we would find no error.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Jesus John Hernandez
10th Cir. · 1992 · confidence medium
Defendant relies upon several cases under Rule 35(a) or involving resentencing after direct appeal in which district courts were permitted to increase sentences on certain counts as long as the aggregate sentence was not increased. 6 See, e.g., United States v. Welch, 928 F.2d 915 (10th Cir.) (permitting district court, at resen-tencing after appeal, to increase sentence on one count when the aggregate sentence was lower), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 112 S.Ct. 153 , 116 L.Ed.2d 118 (1991); United States v. Jackson, 923 F.2d 1494 (11th Cir.1991) (allowing district court to change illegal sentence,…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Terry Colbert
6th Cir. · 1992 · confidence medium
United States v. Brown, 920 F.2d 1212, 1216 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 111 S.Ct. 2034 , 114 L.Ed.2d 119 (1991); United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. CFTC
N.D. Ill. · 1989 · confidence medium
Similar logic has dictated similar ground rules in the frequently-encountered situation when trial judges reimpose criminal sentences after partial reversals by the appellate court (see, e.g., United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir. 1988) (resentencing court may restructure sentence to achieve original intent); United States v. Shue, 825 F.2d 1111, 1113-14 (7th Cir.1987)). [18] It must be concluded that whatever other reasons CFTC may validly advance for modifying the CBOT-imposed sanctions, that may not be done just because CBOT did not itself reduce the sanctions in the face…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Hicks v. Duckworth
N.D. Ind. · 1989 · confidence medium
United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 329 (7th Cir.1988), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988), reh’g denied, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 885 , 102 L.Ed.2d 1008 (1989).
discussed Cited "see" Longford-Myers v. State (2×)
Del. · 2019 · signal: accord · confidence high
See Manrique v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 137 S.Ct. 1266 , 1271, 197 L.Ed.2d 599 (2017). 9 709 F.2d 298 (5th Cir. 1983). 10 Id. at 317 ; accord United States v. Contreras-Subias , 13 F.3d 1341 , 1344 (9th Cir. 1994). 11 850 F.2d 327 , 328 (7th Cir. 1988). 12 Id. ; accord United States v. Pimienta-Redondo , 874 F.2d 9 (1st Cir. 1989). 13 Supra note 8. 14 Compare Loola v. State , 608 P.2d 36 , 37 (Alaska 1980) ; Hinton v. State , 446 So.2d 712 , 713 n.1 (Fla. Dist.
cited Cited "see" Rutledge, Tommy L. v. United States
7th Cir. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir. 1988).
cited Cited "see" Tommy L. Rutledge v. United States
7th Cir. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.1988).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Yost
11th Cir. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir.1988) (“[N]othing but pointless formalism would support a distinction between a sentencing plan disrupted by the vacatur of some counts on appeal and a plan shattered by the district court’s own recognition that the plan was infested with error.... [W]henever the district court must revise one aspect of the sentencing scheme, it is permitted by Rule 35 to revise the rest.”).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Yost
11th Cir. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir. 1988) (“[N]othing but pointless formalism would support a distinction between a sentencing plan disrupted by the vacatur of some counts on appeal and a plan shattered by the district court’s own recognition that the plan was infested with error. . . . [W]henever the district court must revise one aspect of the sentencing scheme, it is permitted by Rule 35 to revise the rest.”).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Larry W. Smith and Gustavo R. Briseno
7th Cir. · 1997 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328 (7th Cir.1988) (interpreting similar language in rule 35 which allows court to "correct an illegal sentence" to authorize resentencing of entire sentencing plan); United States v. Wolf, 90 F.3d 191 (7th Cir.1996) (same).
discussed Cited "see" State v. Dennis
Conn. App. Ct. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See part I, supra. “The guiding principle is that the [trial] court may resentence the defendant ‘to achieve a rational, coherent [sentence] in light of the remaining convictions/ as long as the revised total effective sentence does not exceed the original.” State v. Raucci, 21 Conn. App. 557, 563 , 575 A.2d 234 , cert. denied, 215 Conn. 817 , 576 A.2d 546 (1990) (resentencing after trial court vacated one of several criminal convictions), citing United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S. Ct. 501 , 102 L.
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Charles Young
11th Cir. · 1992 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327 (7th Cir.1988) cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988) (no double jeopardy concerns when modifying entire sentencing package after successful challenge of only one aspect of sentence), c.f.
examined Cited "see" White v. State (3×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Del. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
See Bentley, 850 F.2d at 328 (abandoning Turner); Crawford, 769 F.2d at 258 (abandoning Chandler); BusiC, 639 F.2d at 950 (abandoning Welty); Commonwealth v. Goldhammer, 512 Pa. 587 , 517 A.2d 1280, 1293 (1986) (abandoning Brown).
cited Cited "see" State v. Raucci
Conn. App. Ct. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S. Ct. 501 , 102 L.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Wilson v. State (2×)
Nev. · 2007 · signal: see also · confidence medium
V (no person “shall ... be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb”). 5 106 Nev. at 65 , 787 P.2d at 389 . 6 See Pennsylvania v. Goldhammer, 474 U.S. 28, 30 (1985); United States v. DiFrancesco, 449 U.S. 117, 138-39 (1980). 7 The historical discussion that follows owes much to the Supreme Court of Delaware’s excellent survey of the issue in White v. State, 576 A.2d 1322, 1324-28 (Del. 1990). 8 85 U.S. 163 (1874). 9 Id. at 176 . 10 282 U.S. 304, 307-08 (1931). 11 See DiFrancesco, 449 U.S. 117 ; North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 721 (1969); Bozza v. U…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Floyd
4th Cir. · 2006 · signal: see also · confidence medium
Thus, in Yost , the Eleventh Circuit concluded that “it takes only one clear error to give the district court authority under [Rule 35(a) ] to conduct an entire resentencing at which the court may correct any other errors, clear or not.” Yost at 1181 ; see also United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir.1988) (“[N]othing but pointless formalism would support a distinction between a sentencing plan disrupted by the vacatur of some counts on appeal and a plan shattered by the district court’s own recognition that the plan was infested with error.... [W]henever the district c…
cited Cited "see, e.g." Dossett v. United States
D.S.D. · 1996 · signal: see also · confidence medium
See also United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 329 (7th Cir.) (classifying Co-lunga and Crawford as a disavowal of Henry), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Gerald Vontsteen, A/K/A Skip Vontsteen (2×)
5th Cir. · 1990 · signal: see also · confidence medium
The district court may consider the totality of his underlying criminal conduct and society's interest in ensuring that the punishment "suit[s] not merely the offense but the individual defendant." See id., quoting Wasman, 468 U.S. at 564 , 104 S.Ct. at 3220 ; See also United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-29 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 970 , 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988). 3. 40 Given these considerations, we see no need to remand merely to require the district judge to state on the record now why he imposed the sentence.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Garland Claude Cochran
11th Cir. · 1989 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence medium
See, e.g., United States v. Bentley, 850 F.2d 327, 328-30 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 109 S.Ct. 501 , 102 L.Ed.2d 537 (1988) (rejecting Henry; holding that neither Double Jeopardy nor Rule 35(a) prevents a district judge from modifying an entire sentencing package on collateral attack); contra United States v. Minor, 846 F.2d 1184, 1188 (9th Cir.1988) (adopting Henry ; authority to vacate and amend a sentence pursuant to Rule 35(a) extends only to illegal sentences of specific counts and does not extend to revising the whole sentencing scheme). 7 .
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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
David BENTLEY, Defendant-Appellant
87-2440.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Jun 28, 1988.
850 F.2d 327
David Bentley, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., pro se., David J. Stetler, Asst. U.S. Atty., David M. Taliaferro, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Victoria J. Peters, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton R. Valu-kas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.
Cummings, Easterbrook, Manion.
Cited by 57 opinions  |  Published
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

David Bentley was convicted of mail and wire fraud for running a boiler room opera[*328] tion that sold non-existent precious metals. After we affirmed, United States v. Bentley, 825 F.2d 1104 (7th Cir.1987), he asked the district court to reduce his sentence under Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(a). [1] The motion correctly pointed out that the sentence was illegal, because the district court had imposed terms of twelve years’ imprisonment on some of the counts, while the statutes allow but five. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343. The district court vacated the illegal sentences and resentenced Bentley, which did him no good. The court replaced the concurrent twelve-year sentences with a package of concurrent and consecutive sentences adding to twelve years. [2] The district judge simply used a different way to implement his original intention. Bentley contends that the judge’s only option was to reduce the term on each count from twelve years to five, leaving their concurrent service in place. To do otherwise, he maintains, violates both Rule 35 and the Double Jeopardy Clause of the fifth amendment.

The version of Rule 35(a) in effect at the time the district judge resentenced Bentley provided that “[t]he court may correct an illegal sentence at any time”. [3] One corrective would have been a reduction of each term to five years while leaving their service concurrent. Rule 35(a) did not say how the correction is to be accomplished or provide that the correction may not entail an increase. The sentence in this case was “illegal” not because of its aggregate length — Bentley, convicted on 22 counts of fraud, could have been given 22 five-year terms, or 110 years in all — but because of the way in which the district court constructed the package. Nothing in the language or history of Rule 35(a) prevents a court from rebuilding the edifice to carry out the plan, so long as the reconstruction also eliminates the illegal feature of the first package.

To put this in more technical detail, nothing prevents a district court from correcting the illegal sentence by resentencing the defendant, as the judge did here. On re-sentencing, the court possesses all of the options initially open, including a choice between concurrent and consecutive terms under 18 U.S.C. § 3584(a). [4] It may be that in conducting such a resentencing the court is forbidden to make the total punishment harsher. Under North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S.Ct. 2072, 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969), the Due Process Clause prohibits a retaliatory increase in a sentence, and we assume that Rule 35 authorizes no such thing. We are confident, however, that if illegal sentences in the original package foil the district court’s original plans, the court may start anew and arrive at a punishment no more severe in aggregate than the first. Our court has concluded that whenever a reversal on appeal undoes a sentencing plan, or even calls the plan into question, the district court should be invited to resentence the defendant on all counts in order to achieve a rational, coherent structure in light of the remaining convictions. E.g., United States v. Manzella, 791 F.2d 1263, 1270 (7th Cir.1986); United States v. Thomas, 788 F.2d 1250, 1260 (7th Cir.1986). We concluded in United States v. Shue, 825 F.2d 1111, 1113-14 (7th Cir.1987), that the district court may resentence the defendant under Rule 35 even if this court neglects to vacate every component of the package.

Given Shue, nothing but pointless formalism would support a distinction between a sentencing plan disrupted by the vacatur of some counts on appeal and a plan shattered by the district court’s own recognition that the plan was infested with[*329] error. We suppose that a district judge might deny the Rule 35 motion and acquire the power to resentence the defendant after the inevitable reversal, but what would be the point? In either event, whenever the district court must revise one aspect of the sentencing scheme, it is permitted by Rule 35 to revise the rest. The district court may act without waiting for instructions or permission. Cf. Standard Oil Co. v. United States, 429 U.S. 17, 97 S.Ct. 31, 50 L.Ed.2d 21 (1976); Communication Workers v. NLRB, 784 F.2d 847, 849-50 (7th Cir.1986).

United States v. Henry, 709 F.2d 298 (5th Cir.1983) (en banc), on which Bentley relies, takes a different tack, holding that the district court must leave untouched any sentences (or portions of sentences) neither unlawful nor challenged by the defendant. We disagreed with Henry in Shue, 825 F.2d at 1113-14 n. 7. The Fifth Circuit has itself disavowed much if not all of Henry in recent cases, see United States v. Colunga, 786 F.2d 655, 658 n. 4 (5th Cir.1986); United States v. Crawford, 769 F.2d 253 (5th Cir.1985). The Ninth Circuit recently followed Henry in an opinion that disagreed with Shue in a footnote, accusing our court of not having done its homework. United States v. Minor, 837 F.2d 841 (9th Cir.1988), amended on denial of rehearing, 846 F.2d 1184 at 1189 n. 5 (1988). The Ninth Circuit did not cite Colunga or Crawford. With all respect to our colleagues on the west coast, we believe that Shue was well thought out and correctly decided. We adhere to it today.

The Double Jeopardy Clause does not interfere with this disposition. We know from Bozza v. United States, 330 U.S. 160, 165-67, 67 S.Ct. 645, 648-49, 91 L.Ed. 818 (1947), that the Clause permits a district court to correct an illegal sentence by increasing it. Bentley insists that the statute in Bozzo-which required both a fine and imprisonment on conviction — required the increase; here no statute required the district court to impose consecutive sentences. That the statute at issue in Bozza required a higher sentence can’t matter; no statute may authorize a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause. One may more readily draw the opposite lesson from Boz-za: the court may alter the sentence to correct an illegality even though the change produces an increase in the net sentencing package; our case, which involves no net increase, seems easier. As the Court concluded in Bozza, using words equally applicable to Bentley’s argument under Rule 35(a): “The Constitution does not require that sentencing should be a game in which a wrong move by the judge means immunity for the prisoner.” 330 U.S. at 166-67, 67 S.Ct. at 649.

Bozza is not the last word. Both United States v. DiFrancesco, 449 U.S. 117, 101 S.Ct. 426, 66 L.Ed.2d 328 (1980), and Pennsylvania v. Goldhammer, 474 U.S. 28, 106 S.Ct. 353, 88 L.Ed.2d 183 (1985), conclude that courts may increase sentences without violating the Double Jeopardy Clause. DiFrancesco held that a sentence may be increased on appeal; a sentence expressly subject to review does not generate the kind of legitimate expectations of finality that the Double Jeopardy Clause protects. And Goldhammer approved the reconstruction of a sentencing package, including an increase in some of its constituent parts, to carry out the original plan after the reversal of other counts on appeal. Neither case is exactly like Bentley’s, but as we concluded in Shue, they establish, taken together, that “the double jeopardy clause does not bar resentencing ... so long as the new sentence conforms to statutory limits and effectuates the district court’s original sentencing intent.” 825 F.2d at 1115 (footnote omitted). See also United States v. Jefferson, 760 F.2d 821, 822-24 (7th Cir.1985) (the court may increase the sentence on an unchallenged count, consistent with the Double Jeopardy Clause, in order to maintain the integrity of the original package). The defendant’s “legitimate expectation could be only that, if successful [on his motion] ... he would not be given a greater sentence than that previously imposed as punishment”, Shue, 825 F.2d at 1115. Bentley received the same net sentence he had before. Since the package was not increased, none of his legitimate expectations has been disregard[*330] ed. There is no conceivable difficulty under the Due Process Clause either. Compare North Carolina v. Pearce with United States v. Goodwin, 457 U.S. 368, 102 S.Ct. 2485, 73 L.Ed.2d 74 (1982). The re-sentencing complied with both Rule and Constitution.

Affirmed.

1

. While the case was still on appeal, Bentley filed a motion to reduce sentence, which the district court granted. The court vacated that decision, recognizing that it was without jurisdiction during the appellate process. We disregard this false step.

2

. Both sentencing packages had additional, consecutive sentences of five years’ probation, which we disregard.

3

. A new Rule 35(a) went into effect on November 1,1987, as part of the new guideline system. We disregard this, too.

4

, Yet another statute that was interred by the 1984 revamping of the sentencing code — a qualification we shall at last stop repeating.