U.S. v. HOOKER

No. 92-3245.

993 F.2d 898 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Valerie Malisse HOOKER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda A. Gibson, Atty. of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice, by special leave of the Court, with whom Jeffrey S. Jacobovitz was on the brief, for appellant.

Steven D. Mellin, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty.,* John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, and Norman C. Bay, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before: SILBERMAN, BUCKLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant challenges the district court's decision to revoke her probation and impose a sentence of 12 months. We reject appellant's claim that the district court applied an improper evidentiary standard, but we agree that the court incorrectly believed itself bound by the policy statements in Chapter VII of the Sentencing Guidelines. Accordingly, we remand.

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