United States v. Walker, No. 09-6498 (6th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, who has a history of substance abuse and mental illness, failed to return to a halfway house where he had been placed following a conviction on credit card fraud charges. He was sentenced to 36 months in prison for escape. The Sixth Circuit vacated, first rejecting a claim that the sentence was "greater than necessary to fulfill the requirements of 18 U.S.C. 3553(a)." In imposing the sentence, the court improperly relied on defendant's need for rehabilitation and psychiatric treatment. Although 18 U.S.C. 3553(a)(2)(D) requires that sentencing courts consider needs for "educational or vocational training, medical care, or other correctional treatment,' section 3582(a) cautions that imprisonment is not an appropriate means of promoting correction and rehabilitation.
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