United States v. Richard Steele

STRAS, Circuit Judge.

The Major Crimes Act "makes burglary committed by an Indian within 'Indian country' a federal crime." United States v. Norquay , 905 F.2d 1157 , 1158 (8th Cir. 1990) (quoting 18 U.S.C. § 1153 (a) ). While on supervised release for a burglary covered by the Major Crimes Act, Richard Steele had several encounters with police and eventually admitted to using marijuana.

The district court 1 sentenced him to three years in prison for violating his supervised-release conditions. Steele argues his sentence is longer than the law allows and longer than any reasonable judge could…