United States v. William Dove Williams

*942CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal from the imposition of a ten-year sentence of imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a) (2), the government concedes that if the district judge believed the defendant Williams was a narcotic addict and an eligible offender under 18 U.S.C. § 4251(f), but thought he did not have the option to allow Williams the benefit of sentence under the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act, 18 U.S.C. § 4251 et seq., then it would follow that the district judge had sentenced under a misconstruction of his authority. The United States further concedes that in such event the…