United States v. Melendez-Hiraldo, No. 21-1863 (1st Cir. 2023)
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The First Circuit affirmed the 194-month sentence imposed upon Defendant after he pled guilty to using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, holding that the sentence was neither procedurally or substantively unreasonable.
On appeal, Defendant argued, among other things, that the district court erred by making conflicting statements about his applicable guidelines sentence and that his sentence was substantively unreasonable because it was "unmoored from any particular factor." The First Circuit affirmed, holding that Defendant's 194-sentence was both procedurally and substantively reasonable.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on September 27, 2023.
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