Legal Opinion
United States v. Thornton
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 20, 2017No. 15-1345PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Christopher Thornton appeals from the district court’s sentence of seventy-eight months in prison. The issue is whether the district court committed procedural error by basing the length of Thornton’s sentence, in part, on the treatment and vocational services he would receive in jail. Federal judges may not use imprisonment as a means to promote defendants’ correction or rehabilitation. Tapia v. United States, 564 U.S. 319, 335, 131 S.Ct. 2382, 180 L.Ed.2d 357 (2011). In this case, the district court calculated the advisory prison range under the Sentencing…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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