BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Jimmy Gene Kelly, appeals his sentence of 360 months for the conviction of second degree murder under 18 U.S.C. § 1111. Appellant contends the sentencing court improperly departed upward from the applicable guideline range in imposing the sentence.
BACKGROUND
Mr. Kelly, who is part Cherokee Indian, committed the murder on a Quapaw Indian allotment, thus bringing the crime within federal jurisdiction. 18 U.S...
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