United States v. Betone

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Jeffrey Betone of two counts of sexual abuse, and the district court 1 sentenced him to 151 months. Be-tone challenges his sentence and the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions. We affirm.

In 2005 Betone was 19 years old and lived on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. He was homosexual but not “out” to his family or community. One evening in March 2005, Betone and Tate Jensen were guests at a drinking party at the home of Sherry Turning Heart. The other guests left in the early hours of the next day, but Jensen and Betone spent the…