United States v. Donald A. Cates

Donald Alfred Cates appeals an order of the District Court revoking his probationary status and sentencing him to a maximum of four years’ imprisonment under the indeterminate sentence provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a) (2). On the Government’s motion to dismiss the appeal, which we treat as a motion for summary affirmance, we uphold the judgment of the District Court.

Convicted of auto theft, on January 27, 1967, in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (Hemphill, J.), appellant received a suspended sentence of four years’ imprisonment and was placed on probation…