United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's assault sentence is affirmed, where Defendant restrained the victim and thus assisted another person in stabbing the victim, and accordingly the District Court properly applied the enhancement under U.S.S.G. section 3A1.3 for physical restraint.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/05/2009
• Decided 07/06/2009
• Published 07/06/2009

Judges

• Before ALFRED T. GOODWIN, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• J. Mayo Ashley, Helena, MT, for defendant-appellant Johnny Lynn Old Chief, Evangelo Arvanetes, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Great Falls, MT, for defendant-appellant Maynard Michael Old Chief., Carl E. Rostad, Assistant United States Attorney, Great Falls, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.