United States v. Wilson Boneshirt , 86 F. App'x 218 ( 2003 )


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  •                      United States Court of Appeals
    FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
    ___________
    No. 03-1060
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    United States of America,                 *
    *
    Appellee,             * Appeal from the United States
    * District Court for the District
    v.                                  * of South Dakota.
    *
    Wilson Boneshirt,                         *      [UNPUBLISHED]
    *
    Appellant.            *
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    Submitted: November 19, 2003
    Filed: December 22, 2003
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    Before MURPHY, LAY, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.
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    PER CURIAM.
    Wilson Boneshirt appeals his sentence of 180 months imprisonment imposed
    by the district court* after Boneshirt pleaded guilty to one count of incest, in violation
    of 
    18 U.S.C. § 1153
    , and as defined by South Dakota law. For reversal, Boneshirt
    argues the district court abused its discretion in departing upward from the
    imprisonment range under the Sentencing Guidelines, and relied on factors already
    taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission. We disagree.
    *
    The Honorable Charles B. Kornmann, United States District Judge for the
    District of South Dakota.
    Boneshirt has an earlier conviction for sexual abuse of a minor. His
    relationship with the minor produced a child, the victim in this case. When Boneshirt
    was released from custody on the earlier conviction, he and the victim’s mother
    resumed a relationship. Their child, a girl, was then three years old. She was later
    removed from her parents’ care, and an investigation revealed Boneshirt had
    committed acts which included sexually penetrating his three-year-old daughter,
    making her scream again and again, and repeatedly ejaculating on her. At sentencing,
    to Boneshirt’s base offense level of 27 for criminal sexual abuse--the most analogous
    offense guideline for incest, see U.S.S.G. § 2X5.1--four levels were added because
    the victim was under twelve years old, and another two levels were added because the
    victim was in Boneshirt’s care, custody, and control. See U.S.S.G. § 2A3.1(a) & (b).
    After additional adjustments, a total offense level of 30 and a category III criminal
    history resulted in a sentencing range of 121 to 151 months imprisonment.
    The district court then determined an upward departure was warranted and
    increased Boneshirt’s criminal history category by two categories, resulting in a
    sentencing range of 151 to 188 months. In departing, the district court relied on
    U.S.S.G. §§ 5K2.0 (aggravating circumstances of kind or degree not taken into
    consideration by Sentencing Commission in formulating Guidelines), 5K2.8 (extreme
    conduct by defendant that was unusually heinous, cruel, brutal, or degrading to
    victim), and 4A1.3 (criminal history category that does not adequately reflect
    seriousness of defendant’s past criminal conduct or likelihood defendant will commit
    other crimes). Reviewing the district court’s application of the guidelines to the facts
    de novo, United States v. Hutman, 
    339 F.3d 773
    , 775 (8th Cir. 2003), we conclude the
    district court properly departed given the facts of this case. See United States v.
    Hampton, 
    260 F.3d 832
    , 835-36 (8th Cir. 2001) (upholding six-level upward
    departure as within sentencing court’s discretion under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.3 or § 5K2.8
    based in part on four-year-old victim’s psychological injury), cert. denied, 
    535 U.S. 1058
     (2002).
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    Accordingly, we affirm.
    LAY, Circuit Judge, concurs only in the result.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 03-1060

Citation Numbers: 86 F. App'x 218

Judges: Murphy, Lay, Fagg

Filed Date: 12/22/2003

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024