United States v. Tyrell Vincent Thin Elk

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• holding that based on the circumstances of the case it was not double counting to consider psychological injury to the victim in increasing the base level of an offense and in granting an upward departure from the Guidelines.
• reviewing for an abuse of discretion “because the decision to depart embodies the traditional exercise of discretion by the sentencing court”
• reviewing for an abuse of discretion “because the decision to depart embodies the traditional exercise of discretion by the sentencing court” (citations and internal quotation marks omitted)

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