Legal Opinion
United States v. Rising Sun
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 14, 2008No. 06-30614PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Eugene Rising Sun (“Rising Sun”) appeals two consecutive life sentences which were imposed after he pled guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. He argues that the sentencing court erred in applying the enhancement found at U.S.S.G. § 3Al.l(b)(l) for vulnerable victims because of the remote location where the murders occurred and in applying the enhancement found at U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1 for obstruction of justice because he threatened a witness and tried to destroy evidence before the police investigation began. Rising Sun also argues that the sentence was unreasonable.…
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