Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Harvey DECOTEAU, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-02-08
Citations: 28 F. App'x 300
Docket Number: No. 01-4727
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Harvey DECOTEAU, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 28
Pages: 300–301

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Harvey DECOTEAU, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-4727.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 23, 2002.
Decided Feb. 8, 2002.
Paul K. Sun, Jr., Ellis & Winters, L.L.P., Cary, North Carolina, for Appellant. Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States Attorney, Thomas R. Ascik, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before TRAXLER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
John Harvey Decoteau appeals from the revocation of his supervised release and the imposition of a twelve-month prison term. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm. We review for abuse of discretion the district court's decision to revoke a defendant's supervised release and impose a sentence after revocation. United States v. Wells, 163 F.3d 889, 898-99 (4th Cir.1998); United States v. Davis, 53 F.3d 638, 642-43 (4th Cir.1995). The district court may revoke a defendant's term of supervised release if the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the defendant violated a condition of supervised release. 18 U.S.C.A. § 3583(e)(3) (West 2000); United States v. Copley, 978 F.2d 829, 831 (4th Cir.1992). There was sufficient evidence for the district court to revoke Decoteau's term of supervised release and sentence him to twelve months' imprisonment. We therefore find no abuse of discretion.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.