United States v. Rodriguez, No. 12-1214 (2d Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of an aggravated felony in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and 1326(b)(2). On appeal, defendant challenged his sentence as substantively unreasonable. The district court imposed defendant's 57-month sentence to run consecutively to his existing sentence after considering his history, characteristics, and the goals of sentencing, most notably, deterrence. Therefore, the court concluded that the district court acted well within its discretion in imposing the sentence. The court considered defendant's remaining arguments and found them to be without merit. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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