Rider
United States v. Rider
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
In March 2002, Gerald Rider (“Rider”) was indicted on one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor and one count of abusive sexual conduct, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 , 2241(c) and 2244(a)(1), based on his alleged misconduct towards two young girls while providing daycare to them in and around 2001 on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Rider pleaded guilty to the aggravated sexual abuse *397 count, and in October 2002 he was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment.
On May 9, 2005, Rider was indicted on six counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 2241(c), based on his alleged abuse of six other young girls in 2001. Rider pleaded guilty to all six counts, and on February 9, 2006, he was sentenced to 235 months imprisonment to be followed by a life term of supervised release. The district court ordered the prison sentence to run consecutively to Rider’s prior prison sentence of 168 months imprisonment, resulting in a combined prison term of 403 months. Rider appeals his 2006 sentence, contending that its consecutive nature renders the sentence unreasonable. We disagree with Rider’s contention.