Legal Opinion

United States v. Azure

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 4, 2010No. 08-3663PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

On remand from a prior appeal, 1 the district court sentenced Tamara Azure (“Wind”) to 180 months of imprisonment on two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 113(a)(3). In doing so, the district court departed upwardly based on an under-representative criminal history. The court also made an express factual finding that Wind committed an execution-style murder on a different occasion, as alleged in a dismissed count. The court reached its overall sentence by imposing consecutive sentences on the two counts.

Wind appeals,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. United States v. Villareal-AmarillasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. Jeffrey Paul Moser, A/K/A Harry N. MoserCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  4. United States v. AzureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. AldridgeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. RichartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  2. United States v. SwansonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  3. United States v. ReplogleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  4. United States v. JarvisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. NissenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012

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