United States v. Arnold J. Pemberton

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Arnold James Pemberton appeals his convictions and sentences following a plea of guilty to three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(3), 1151, 1153(a), and 2. We affirm.

I

On April 18, 2002, Pemberton and his cousin Randy Garrigan got into a fight with Robert “Whitey” Anderson and Leland Lussier at a bar in Bemidji, Minnesota. Following the altercation, Pemberton and Garrigan obtained a rifle and a handgun and drove around until they found Anderson, Leland Lussier and Melissa Lussier on a country road on the Red Lake Indian…