United States v. Richard George Stephens

LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

FACTS

Richard George Stephens claims the district court lacked jurisdiction to revoke his probation and sentence him to four years’ imprisonment. He appeals the denial of his motion to terminate probation contending that the district court’s original sentence and judgment and commitment were illegal.

In 1984, Stephens pled guilty to two counts of a five-count indictment. The indictment charged Stephens with perpetrating a $1.1 million scheme to defraud Numismatics, Ltd., a company engaged in the sale of rare coins and gold bullion.

The two counts to which Stephens pled…