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U.S. v. TIDMORE

No. 87-5376.

893 F.2d 1209 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald Franklin TIDMORE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

As Amended February 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Catherine Bonner, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and G. David O'Leary, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Andrea Simonton and Linda C. Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ANDERSON and COX, Circuit Judges, and SHOOB, District Judge.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the proper interpretation of subsections (a) and (b) of 18 U.S.C. § 4205.1 These subsections deal with the authority of the trial court to impose a mandatory term before which an incarcerated criminal may not be considered for parole. The sole issue discussed in this opinion2 is whether subsection (b) provides authority for a district court to impose a life sentence...

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