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002909P.pdf   04/03/2001  United States  v.  Basil Loud Hawk
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  00-2909
   District of South Dakota   
   Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. Given brutal and inhumane 
   method in which defendant stalked and killed his parents, burned 
   their bodies and exposed a six-year-old to the offense, district court 
   did not err in imposing upward departure for cruel, heinous and brutal 
   conduct; defendant was not entitled to downward departure based on 
   claim of mental illness under the Guideline used to enhance his sentence 
   for brutal conduct; court could impose consecutive sentence for firearm 
   offense.