United States of America v. Carl Eric Hopkins, a/k/a Fat Daddy

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-4408
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
CARL ERIC HOPKINS, a/k/a Fat Daddy,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. C. Weston Houck, District Judge.
(CR-94-297)
Submitted: November 22, 2000 Decided: February 7, 2001
Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gwendlyne Young Smalls, Winnsboro, South Carolina, for Appellant.
J. Rene Josey, United States Attorney, Mark C. Moore, Assistant
United States Attorney, Ann Agnew Cupp, Columbia, South Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Carl Eric Hopkins appeals from the revocation of his super-
vised release and the imposition of a three-year prison term. Hop-
kins contends that insufficient evidence supported the revocation
of his supervised release, because the evidence presented consisted
of unreliable hearsay. Finding sufficient evidence to support the
revocation, we affirm.
A revocation hearing is not a part of a criminal prosecution
and the full panoply of rights due a defendant under the Federal
Rules of Evidence does not apply. See Morrissey v. Brewer, 408
U.S. 471, 489 (1972). Thus, hearsay testimony is admissible so
long as it is reliable. See Fed. R. Evid. 1101(d)(3); United States
v. McCallum, 677 F.2d 1024, 1026 (4th Cir. 1982) (permitting
“demonstrably reliable” hearsay). Our review of the record reveals
that the hearsay was sufficiently reliable to support the district
court’s decision to revoke supervised release.
Accordingly, we affirm the revocation of Hopkins’ supervised
release. 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

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