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U.S. v. Elkins, No. 97-3426 (7th Cir.) (176 F.3d 1016) (May 12, 1999) (Judge John L. Coffey)

Here the Court squarely affirmed that "imprisonment", at least in the context of the Guidelines, denotes time actually spent in a penal institution, and does not include time spent in community or home confinement which are substitutes for prison.

In this case, the defendant argued that the district court had ...

 

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