original sentence
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 511 U.S. 39 - United States v. Granderson · 1994Most cited · 615 citing opinions
the sentence of probation a defendant received at the initial sentencing." Post, at ____ (emphasis added).
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the maximum Guidelines sentence that the district court could have, but did not, impose at the initial sentencing; and, second, that the verb "sentence" means only "sentence to imprisonment." Neither premise is correct.
the sentence of probation imposed at the initial sentencing.