United States v. Belle Brave Bull

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Belle Brave Bull pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a dangerous weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153, 5032, 1112, and 113(a)(3). She appeals her sentence, objecting to an upward departure and the reasonableness of her sentence. .Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

Intoxicated, Brave Bull and a group of friends began to argue. She lunged toward one of them with a metal object, accidentally striking someone else causing a deep laceration to the head. She continued arguing with yet another Mend, Frances Ka-thryne Wanna,…