U.S. v. Barfield.

• Position: SENTENCE - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

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U.S. v. Barfield, 396 F.3d 1144 (11th Cir. 2005). A defendant appealed a district court order that lifted a stay on the execution of her sentence. The district court affirmed, finding that the defendant was not entitled to credit for time spent erroneously at liberty when there was a delay in executing her sentence, and that an eight-year delay in the enforcement of her sentence did not violate due process. The court noted that the government was...