Legal Opinion
United States v. Boneshirt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 31, 2011No. 10-3108PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Bryan Boneshirt pleaded guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to one count of second degree murder, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 1111. The district court1 sentenced him to 576 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Boneshirt challenges the substantive reasonableness of his sentence. We affirm.
I. Background
On November 1, 2009, Boneshirt, then 17 years old, killed Marquita Walking Eagle. The night before, Boneshirt had consumed alcohol and partied with friends in St. Francis, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. He continued to drink into the early…
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