United States v. Paul W. Price

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Paul W. Price appeals a judgment sentencing him on his plea of guilty to ten years’ imprisonment for taking indecent liberties with an eight-year old child for sexual purposes. Price, who is not an Indian, committed the offense against an Indian on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. He was convicted of violating North Carolina General Statute § 14-202.1(a)(1), which was assimilated into federal law pursuant to the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13. Price’s assignments of error raise two issues: whether the North Carolina Fair Sentencing Act is applicable; and…