Legal Opinion
United States v. Deegan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 25, 2010No. 08-2299PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Dana Deegan pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to second-degree murder, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1153. The district court1 sentenced Deegan to 121 months’ imprisonment, which was the bottom of the advisory guideline range. Deegan appeals the sentence, and we affirm.
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Deegan is a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes. On October 20,1998, Deegan secretly gave birth to a baby boy in the bathroom of her home on the Fort Bert-hold Indian Reservation. The baby was alive and breathing when he was delivered. Deegan had kept her pregnancy hidden, and no other…
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