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United States v. Moorer
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-50465 Conference Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee, versus
SANDRA L. MOORER,
Defendant-Appellant.
- - - - - - - - - - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. W-96-CR-22-1 - - - - - - - - - - February 13, 2001
Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:*
Sandra L. Moorer appeals the revocation of probation imposed upon her conviction for fraudulently obtaining student loans. Moorer was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated (DWI) and theft by check. At a probation-revocation hearing, she pleaded true to the two DWI charges as well as to a stipulated charge for theft by check. As a result, her probation was revoked, and she was sentenced to ten months of imprisonment. She contends that her due process rights were violated because she was not accorded a preliminary hearing. However, because
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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Moorer was taken into custody not on a revocation charge, but on a warrant for new charges of DWI and theft by check, a preliminary hearing was not necessary. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.1(a)(1), Advisory Committee Notes; Deveny v. U.S. Bd. of Parole, 565 F.2d 875, 878 (5th Cir. 1978).