United States v. Mario S. Reed

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Mario S. Reed appeals from an order revoking his probation and sentencing him to three years’ imprisonment. For reasons stated below, we vacate the order and remand this case to the district court for further proceedings.

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In 1974, Reed, then age twenty-two, pleaded guilty to a charge of forging an endorsement on a United States Treasury check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 495 (1976). The district court suspended imposition of sentence and placed Reed on probation for five years. In addition to the usual conditions of probation, 1 the court required that “[r]estitution be…