Legal Opinion
United States v. Gordon Lasley, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2016No. 15-1738PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
After a lengthy trial, a1 jury convicted Gordon Lasley, Jr., of the second-degree murder of his parents in Indian country. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1153. The district court1 imposed two consecutive life sentences, the top of Lasley’s advisory guidelines sentencing range. Lasley appeals his conviction and sentence, arguing the court erred by refusing to instruct on the lesser-included offense of involuntary manslaughter, and by imposing a substantively unreasonable sentence. We affirm.
*912I. Background
The facts relevant to the issues on appeal are undisputed. At the time of the…
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