Legal Opinion
United States v. Story
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 22, 2011No. 09-6261PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1243TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
The district court sentenced Amber Elaine Story to additional time in prison so that she might be eligible for a drug rehabilitation program available only to prisoners serving 24 months or more. She now challenges her sentence, claiming it violates 18 U.S.C. § 3582(a), which directs sentencing judges to “recognize that imprisonment is not an appropriate means of promoting correction and rehabilitation.” We conclude this statute prevents a sentencing court from increasing a sentence for rehabilitative objectives. The district court therefore erred in increasing…
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