United States v. Won Cho

I agree that when a district court imposes a Youth Corrections Act (YCA) sentence under 18 U.S.C. §§ 5010(b), 5017(c), but suspends execution of the sentence, see 18 U.S.C. § 5010(a), it may not later require the committed youth offender to serve a longer term than permitted by the YCA. The six year statutory limit of subsection 5017(c) begins on the date of conviction, and any modification because of a later probation revocation may not extend the sentence beyond that time. I also agree that if a district court suspends imposition of a YCA sentence and places the youth offender on probation,…