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U.S. v. Thomas, No. 96-1660, No. 38 (2nd Cir.) (135 F.3d 873) (February 10, 1998) (Judge Guido Calabresi)

Case held that home detention is generally not permitted as an independent sentence in its own right.

This case is noted primarily because it may help explain why the courts are never willing to permit a defendant to withdraw a plea simply because he misunderstood the gravity of the sentence ...

 

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