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U.S. v. Wilson, No. Cr. No. 96-174-N (M.D.Ala.) (998 F.Supp. 1377) (March 27, 1998) (Judge Myron H. Thompson)

While 18 USC § 3565(b)(1) mandates a sentence of imprisonment if a probationer possesses an illegal drug, 18 USC § 3563(a) also provides that the court may consider alternatives to imprisonment. Here, the court interprets those two provisions as meaning that where the defendant's possession of a controlled substance has ...

 

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