United States v. Santa-Otero, No. 15-2186 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony and possessing a machine gun. Defendant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of sixty-five months. In Defendant’s prior appeal, the First Circuit vacated his sentence and remanded for resentencing. After Defendant’s sentencing hearing on remand, the district court imposed a variant sentence of sixty months' imprisonment. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that Defendant identified no basis for vacating the sentence, that the district court’s reasoning was sufficient to justify the variance, and that the variance was not imposed in error.
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