Opinion ID: 70897
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Appellant Hofierka

Text: In 1993, Hofierka pleaded guilty to making a false claim to an agency of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 287. On August 19, 1993, the district court sentenced him to nine months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. As one of the terms of Hofierka's supervised release, the court ordered that he participate in a drug treatment program and refrain from using illegal drugs. Hofierka's term of supervised release began in May 1994, but by December of that year, revocation proceedings had begun. The petition seeking revocation of his supervised release alleged that Hofierka violated the conditions of his release by using cocaine and failing to participate in a drug treatment program. At his revocation hearing, Hofierka admitted that he had been dismissed from his drug treatment program because of his drug use. The district court revoked Hofierka's supervised release and sentenced him to twenty-four months of imprisonment.2 The twenty-four-month sentence exceeded the applicable Chapter 7 sentencing range of seven to thirteen months. See U.S.S.G. § 1 We reject, without further discussion Andrew's argument that the district court violated United States v. Jones, 899 F.2d 1097, 1102-03 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 906, 111 S.Ct. 275, 112 L.Ed.2d 230 (1990), overruled on other grounds sub nom. United States v. Morrill, 984 F.2d 1136 (11th Cir.1993). 2 Because the offense for which a term of supervised release was imposed upon Hofierka was a class D felony, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 287, 3559(a), the maximum term of imprisonment for the revocation of his supervised release was two years. 18 U.S.C.A. § 3583(e)(3). 7B1.4(a). The court imposed this sentence over Hofierka's objection that it exceeded the applicable range.