Legal Opinion
United States v. Basil Loud Hawk
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 3, 2001No. 00-2909PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Basil Loud Hawk pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in Indian country, and a single count of using a firearm while committing a violent crime. At sentencing, the district court 1 departed upward from the prescribed Sentencing Guidelines range. The court also imposed a consecutive sentence on the firearm count. Loud Hawk challenges both these decisions on appeal. We affirm.
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On the night of January 4, 1999, Loud Hawk was staying at his parents’ home near Oglala, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He asked his mother for permission to use a car…
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