Legal Opinion
United States v. Gregory Checora, Warrenell Cuch, Bobby Redcap, and Reuben Cuch, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1999No. 97-4184, 97-4190, 97-4191, 97-4192PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORFILIO, Circuit Judge.
Gregory Checora, Reuben Cuch, Warre-nell Cuch, and Bobby Redcap all pled guilty to committing voluntary manslaughter while within Indian Country. Defendants beat them victim during a fight, dragged him to an abandoned house, slit his throat twice, and then placed a 360-pound stove on him to conceal the body. At sentencing, the district court enhanced each defendant’s offense level because the victim was unusually vulnerable and physically restrained. The court also departed upward six levels for each defendant because of extreme conduct.
All defendants appeal from these…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Chapman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Darrell BeaulieuCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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