Antelope v. USA
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OPINION AND ORDER denying 1 Motion to Vacate/Set Aside/Correct Sentence (2255) filed by David Earl Antelope. Signed by Charles B. Kornmann on 4/18/11. (SKK)
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NORTHERN DIVISION
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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CR 98-10034
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CIV 11-1011
Plaintiff,
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OPINION AND ORDER
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DA VID EARL ANTELOPE,
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Defendant.
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Defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual abuse and was sentenced on July 1, 1999,
to 262 months custody. He appealed and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth
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Circuit affirmed his conviction and sentence. He has since filed a motion for release from
segregation and a motion for transcript. Both motions were denied and the defendant was
advised that, absent the filing of a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence pursuant to 28
U.S.c. § 2255, this Court has no jurisdiction to entertain defendant's motions.
Defendant has now filed a motion for modification of sentence. He claims that a change
in the law that was made retroactive by the United States Supreme Court would result in the three
criminal history points he received tor a 1980 rape conviction not being counted against him
because the conviction was too old. The three criminal history points in question concern a rape
conviction from 1980. Defendant was released from prison on September 15, 1988. The offense
in this case occurred on September 9, 1998. The three criminal history points were assessed
pursuant to Guidelines § 4A 1.2(e)(1), which provided in 1998, and still provides:
Any prior sentence of imprisonment exceeding one year and once month
that was imposed within fifteen years of the defendant's commencement
of the instant offense is counted. Also count any prior sentence of
imprisonment exceeding one year and one month, whenever imposed, that
resulted in the defendant being incarcerated during any part of such
fifteen-year period.
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The three criminal history points at issue were properly imposed and no Supreme Court case or
act of Congress has altered that rule. In any event, the defendant's sentence was imposed after an
upward departure to criminal history category VI, based upon the defendant's past criminal
conduct and the likelihood that he would commit other crimes.
Defendant has previously been advised that his criminal case is closed. He has further
been advised that any motion to vacate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 would be untimely unless
defendant can set forth a basis for tolling the one year limitations period. He has not done so.
Now, therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that the motion for modification of sentence is denied.
Dated this
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United States District Judge
ATTEST:
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