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OCR: QUESTION PRESENTED Under 18 U.S.C. 3565(a) defendant who was originally sentenced to term probation and who found to have violated condition of his proha tion ordinarily may be continued on probation or may have his sentence of probation revoked, in which case the court may impose any other sen tence "that was available 21 the time of the defendant's original sentence. the defendant Is found to be posses- sion controlled substance, however, the court must revoke the sentence of probation and must sen- tence the defendant you,t less than one- third the original sent tonce The ques tion presented whether the court of appeals erred coneluding that the phrase 'original sentence' as used in Section 3565a) refers the maximum term TO imprison- ment under the Sentencing Guidelines sent teneing ran ...