Sentence of probation
United States Code
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- 2026People v. Spellman CA5 Cal. Ct. App.
- 2025United States v. Aqudre Quailes 3rd Cir.
- 2024United States v. Little D.D.C.
- 2024United States v. Stedman D.D.C.
- 2024United States v. Ruiz 10th Cir.
- 2024United States v. Rand 1st Cir.
- 2024United States v. James Little D.C. Cir.
- 2024United States v. Ransom Tae-Rick Robinson 6th Cir.
- 2023United States v. Carlos Estrada 9th Cir.
- 2023United States v. Terri Lynn Hankerson 11th Cir.
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the offense is a Class A or Class B felony and the defendant is an individual; the offense is an offense for which probation has been expressly precluded; or the defendant is sentenced at the same time to a term of imprisonment for the same or a different offense that is not a petty offense. A defendant who has been convicted for the first time of a domestic violence crime shall be sentenced to a term of probation if not sentenced to a term of imprisonment. The term “domestic violence crime” means a crime of violence for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States in which the victim or intended victim is the spouse, former spouse, intimate partner, former intimate partner, child, or former child of the defendant, or any other relative of the defendant. for a felony, not less than one nor more than five years; for a misdemeanor, not more than five years; and for an infraction, not more than one year. A defendant who has been found guilty of an offense may be sentenced to a term of probation unless— The authorized terms of probation are— (Source: (Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1992; amended Pub. L. 99–646, § 10(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3593; Pub. L. 100–182, § 7, Dec. 7, 1987, 101 Stat. 1267; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXVIII, § 280004, title XXXII, § 320921(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2096, 2130; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 604(c)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3509.))