U.S. v. Swigert, No. 93-1943 (7th Cir.) (18 F.3d 443) (March 8, 1994) (Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner)
Here a plea agreement obligated the court to impose a sentence of incarceration; and the Court rejected the defendant's contention that it permitted community confinement or home detention holding that they are "substitutes" for imprisonment.
In this case, the defendant pled guilty to bankruptcy fraud pursuant to a written plea …
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