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Prison Sentence Imposed for Sole Purpose of Drug Treatment Vacated by Eighth Circuit

In a “plain error” reversal of a district court’s order imposing a 24-month sentence on a defendant who violated the terms of his supervised release for the sole purpose of ensuring that he could participate in a prison-based substance abuse program, the Eighth Circuit reasserted the rule set forth in ...

 

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