United States v. Vargas-Martinez, No. 16-2141 (1st Cir. 2021)
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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's consecutive upwardly variant sentences imposed in two criminal cases, holding that both sentences were procedurally and substantively reasonable.
While on bail pending trial for drug and firearm-related charges, Defendant was arrested and charged in a separate case with receipt of a firearm while under indictment for a felony. Defendant pleaded guilty to the firearm offenses in both cases and requested to be sentenced for both counts of conviction in a single proceeding. The district court granted the requested and sentenced Defendant to upwardly variant sentences. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that Defendant's sentences in both cases were procedurally reasonable and substantively reasonable.
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