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UNITED STATES v. GRANDERSON

No. 92-1662.

511 U.S. 39 (1994)

114 S.Ct. 1259

127 L.Ed.2d 611

UNITED STATES v. GRANDERSON

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Hungar argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Days, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, and Deputy Solicitor General Bryson.

Gregory S. Smith, by appointment of the Court, 510 U.S. 806, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Stephanie Kearns.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, and Souter, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., p. 57, and Kennedy, J., p. 60, filed opinions concurring in the judgment. Rehnquist, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined, p. 69.

Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a question of statutory interpretation regarding revocation of a federal sentence of probation. The law at issue provides that if a person serving a sentence of probation possesses illegal drugs, "the court shall revoke the sentence of probation and sentence the defendant to not less than one-third of the original sentence." 18 U. S. C. § 3565(a). Congress did not further define the critical...

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