Walker, Circuit Judge.
James Little committed a petty offense. The district court sentenced him to prison, followed by probation. The only question on appeal is whether that sentence is authorized by statute.
It is not. Probation and imprisonment are alternative sentences that cannot generally be combined. So the district court could not...
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