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Roussos v. Menifee, No. 97-7011 (3rd Cir.) (122 F.3d 159) (July 18, 1997) (Judge Edward R. Becker)

Here the Third Circuit held that a Bureau of Prisons program statement may not define the words "nonviolent offense" in section 3621(e)(2)(B) to include offenses for which a sentencing court imposes a two-level firearms enhancement. The Court reasoned that since section 3621(e)(2)(B)'s unambiguous language permits consideration only of a crime's ...

 

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