Goodbear

United States v. Goodbear

Good Law
676 F.3d 904·12 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4036·2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 7470
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 13, 201210-30381California4,020 words

Opinion

Opinion

Tallman, J.

We examine the reasonable foreseeability of criminal conduct arising from the tragic death of a young girl in Indian country in fashioning an appropriate sentence for misprision of felony. Defendant-Appellant Marcia Ann Goodbear (“Good-bear”) appeals her sentence of 37 months in custody, three years of supervised release, and $12,763.66 in restitution, imposed following her guilty plea to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 (a) and 113(a)(7), and misprision of felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4 . We consider: (1) whether the four-level increase for use of a dangerous weapon under USSG § 2A2.2(b)(2)(B) was reasonable; (2) as an issue of first impression, whether use of a minor can be attributed to another for the purposes of applying an enhancement pursuant to USSG § 3B1.4 for a misprision of felony offense and, if so, whether a two-level adjustment under § 3B1.4 for using a minor to assist in avoiding detection of, or apprehension for, the offense was reasonable in this case; and (3) whether Goodbear’s 37-month sentence was reasonable. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm in part, vacate the sentence, and remand for…

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