United States v. Loren E. Levine

PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

The district court revoked Loren Levine’s probation after finding that Levine had committed theft by deception under Illinois law. Levine appeals the court’s decision, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1983, in district court, Levine was convicted of six counts of mail and wire fraud and was sentenced to two consecutive terms of four-years’ imprisonment. United States v. Levine, 794 F.2d 1203, 1204 n. 1 (7th Cir.1986). The court later reduced this sentence to time served plus five-years’ probation, conditioned on Levine’s payment of…