HENRY, Circuit Judge.
After the defendant Michael Lee Hanson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Indian country and using a firearm during a crime of violence, the government filed a motion for upward departure on the following grounds: (1) that the murder was premeditated; (2) that the murder was committed in order to facilitate a robbery; and (3) that Mr. Hanson's conduct was unusually heinous, cruel, and brutal. The district court denied the motion, and the...
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