Legal Opinion

United States v. Robert Joseph Downwind

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 2, 2013No. 12-3824Published

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Chief Judge.

Robert Joseph Downwind pled guilty to one count of burglary in the first degree in Indian country. The district court 1 sentenced Downwind to a prison term of 151 months. On appeal, Downwind argues the sentence is substantively unreasonable. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND 2

During the early morning of July 24, 2011, on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota, Downwind, a Native American, cut the screen of an open window and entered the home of S.D.R., a sixty-six year old Native American woman, without permission and with the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. FeemsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. DeeganCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. HayesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. ZastrowCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008

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