Legal Opinion
United States v. Bruce L. Amidon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1980No. 80-1026PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge.
Bruce L. Amidon appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss an order to show cause why his probation should not be revoked. He based his motion on the asserted illegality of his sentence under the Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S.C. § 5010(b). We reverse.
Amidon pled guilty on March 12, 1979 to a misdemeanor information charging two counts of mutilating national bank obligations in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 333. After the court accepted his plea, it dismissed an underlying felony indictment charging two counts of connecting parts of different federal…
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