United States v. Ayala, No. 19-1936 (1st Cir. 2021)
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's 2019 sentence in the District of Maine for one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent with distribute forty grams or more of fentanyl, holding that the sentence was not unreasonable.
Defendant pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement. Under the plea agreement, Defendant and the government agreed that they would both recommend a base offense level (BOL) under the Guidelines of twenty-eight. The district court, however, adopted the presentence investigation report's calculation of Defendant's guidelines sentencing range (GSR), which was based on a BOL of thirty. The Supreme Court affirmed the sentence, holding that the sentence was neither procedurally nor substantively unreasonable.
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