United States v. Morales-Negron, No. 17-1181 (1st Cir. 2020)
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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and for unlawfully possessing a machine-gun but remanded for the district court to docket a sealed copy of the written statement of reasons (SOR) in order for Defendant to prepare his appeal, holding that there was no basis for withholding the SOR from Defendant.
Specifically, the First Circuit held (1) the district court did not commit procedural error by unduly relying on conjecture to impose an upward variant sentence; (2) Defendant's sentence was substantively reasonable because it was within the "universe of reasonable sentences"; and (3) practice and policy required that defense counsel have access to the SOR.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on September 14, 2020.
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