Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 23, 1987No. 86-5504PublishedCited by 558 opinions
1Per curiam
In the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (CCCA), Pub. L. 98-473, 98 Stat. 1976, Congress provided that anyone who commits a felony while on release pending judicial proceedings must be sentenced to at least two years’ imprisonment in addition to the sentence imposed for the underlying felony. 18 U. S. C. §3147 (1982 ed., Supp. III). Under the Probation Act, 18 U. S. C. § 3651, federal judges have long had authority to suspend the execution of certain sen- fences and to impose probation instead. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that § 3147 “supersede^]” §…
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