Topic: when a court does not order a period of incarceration and t… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 7 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Guzman-Bera.

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1 United States v. Guzman-Bera Anchor
ca11 · 2000
green “when a court does not order a period of incarceration and then suspend it, but instead imposes probation directly, the conviction is not an 'aggravated felony” 4
2 United States v. Geronimo Ayala-Gomez
ca11 · 2001
green “all parts of a sentence of imprisonment from which the sentencing court excuses the defendant, even if the court itself follows state-law usage and describes the excuse with a word other than 'suspend.” 3

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