United States v. Kenneth Carter

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Carter is a federal prisoner who appeals the district court’s revocation of his probation. The district court found that Carter had violated the conditions of his probation by carrying a concealed weapon. Carter does not challenge this finding of the district court but argues that he had not begun to serve the sentence for which probation had been imposed. He contends he was still on parole from an earlier sentence for fraud and that the revocation was therefore improper.

The government argues that the probationary period had begun prior to the conduct which led to the…