United States Eleventh Circuit

The "like punishment" clause of the Assimilated Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. - 13(a) (1994), does not require a federal court to implement state policies regarding eligibility for early release and alternative forms of confinement that conflict with federal sentencing policies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/21/2003
• Published 02/21/2003

Judges

• DUBINA, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and RYSKAMP, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert M. Shipman, Huntsville, AL, for Defendant-Appellant., Alice H. Martin, Joyce White Vance, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.