Opinion ID: 674373
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: 4 Powers was charged with violating a special condition of probation that Powers shall incur no new debts ... without approval of the Probation Officer, and the standard condition of probation that Powers shall submit a truthful and complete written report to the probation officer. The evidence showed that Powers did incur a new debt and that she was untruthful in her monthly supervision reports. She failed to report the receipt of the loans and misrepresented the balance in her bank account. She also engaged in other questionable financial practices. While the violations were in some ways technical, they were particularly serious in Powers' case because they represented conduct similar to that for which she had been convicted. It is clear that the court and probation office wanted to monitor and control Powers' financial manipulations and that the conditions of probation and financial reporting were designed to help them do that. It is equally clear that she violated both the letter and the spirit of her probation conditions. The district court did not abuse its discretion in revoking probation. See United States v. Laughlin, 933 F.2d 786, 790 (9th Cir.1991); United States v. Tham, 884 F.2d 1262, 1265-66 (9th Cir.1989); United States v. Guadarrama, 742 F.2d 487, 489 (9th Cir.1984) (per curiam).