U.S. v. ELK

Nos. 09-2229, 09-2230.

632 F.3d 455 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Colin Spotted ELK, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Flint Thomas Red Feather, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad Lee , argued, Rapid City, SD, for appellant, Spotted Elk.

Dennis C. Whetzal , argued, Rapid City, SD, for appellant, Red Feather.

Mark E. Salter , AUSA, argued, Dennis R. Holmes , AUSA, on the brief, Sioux Falls, SD, for appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Colin Spotted Elk and Flint Thomas Red Feather were members of a drug trafficking conspiracy on the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux reservation in South Dakota. After they appealed their sentences, we reversed in part and remanded for resentencing. United States v. Spotted Elk, 548 F.3d 641 (8th Cir.2008). They now appeal their new sentences. We affirm.

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