context: See Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(b). If the term "illegal sentence" included sentences that were the product of errors, constitutional or otherwise, committed in the process of sentencing, there would be no need for the "illegal manner" language in Rule 35(a).
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: recounting that the "illegal manner" language was added to Rule 35 to "change the result in [Hill, 368 U.S. at 430, 82 S.Ct. 468] where the then Rule 35 was held to be inapplicable to correct a sentence imposed without granting the defendant the right of allocution"
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Novak, 476 F.3d 1041, 1048 (9th Cir.2007) (stating that courts should “avoid whenever possible statutory interpretations that result in superfluous language”); see also United States v. Stevens, 548 F.2d 1360, 1362 n. 8 (9th Cir. 1977) (recounting that the “illegal manner” language was added to Rule 35 to “change the result in [Hill, 368 U.S. at 430, 82 S.Ct. 468] where the then Rule 35 was held to be inapplicable to correct a sentence imposed without granting the defendant the right of allocution”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 476 F.3d 1041, 1048
citation_b.parenthetical: stating that courts should "avoid whenever possible statutory interpretations that result in superfluous language"
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Novak, 476 F.3d 1041, 1048 (9th Cir.2007) (stating that courts should “avoid whenever possible statutory interpretations that result in superfluous language”); see also United States v. Stevens, 548 F.2d 1360, 1362 n. 8 (9th Cir. 1977) (recounting that the “illegal manner” language was added to Rule 35 to “change the result in [Hill, 368 U.S. at 430, 82 S.Ct. 468] where the then Rule 35 was held to be inapplicable to correct a sentence imposed without granting the defendant the right of allocution”).