Sentencing, 5A, 6A, 8A.
92 year sentence for Bank Fraud under 70K upheld, due to murder established by preponderance in sentencing.
No clear error in the finding.
After plea deal, gov't filed second PSR, cross-referencing the murder.
Cross-reference to state law murder not substantively unreasonable, as the sentence could have been an independent upward variance in the primary offense.
No Fifth Amendment Due Process, Eighth Amendment, or Sixth Amendment violation, as sentence was within statutory limits of the primary offense.
http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/14/14-31405-CR0.pdf
Since 2011. An occasional commonplacing of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Neither an authoritative statement of the law nor legal advice. Quick work.