United States v. Perez, No. 15-1234 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant entered a guilty plea to several criminal counts related to his role in a cocaine-smuggling venture. The district court calculated Defendant’s guidelines sentencing range (GSR) as 135-168 months and imposed a sentence of 135 months. Defendant appealed, challenging both the procedural and substantive reasonableness of his sentence. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) Defendant was not entitled to a reduction in his GSR to compensate for his role in the offense; (2) the district court’s explanation for its imposition of Defendant’s sentence was sufficient; (3) Defendant’s sentence was proportionate; and (4) Defendant's within-guidelines sentence was substantively reasonable.
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