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043666P.pdf 06/06/2006 United States v. Dean Little Hawk
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-3666
District of South Dakota
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Murphy and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case -Sentencing. District court did not err in denying
defendant credit for acceptance of responsibility under Guidelines Sec.
3E1.1 as defendant did not accept full responsibility for all of his
conduct; sentence in excess of the Guidelines range was not unreasonable
in light of the heinous nature of defendant's conduct; the record
demonstrated the court followed the applicable law in setting sentence
and was not improperly influenced by emotion; failure to include
statement of reasons as part of the judgment and commitment order did
not require reversal as the sentence was reasonable.