U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States v. Rivera-Santiago
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- March 22, 2019
- Case
- United States v. Rivera-Santiago
- Case status
- Decided
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LIPEZ, Circuit Judge. Claiming procedural unreasonableness, Elvin Antonio Rivera-Santiago appeals his 48-month sentence for unlawfully possessing a firearm. He contends that the district court failed to adequately explain its reasons for imposing an above-guideline sentence, that a variant sentence was not supported by the record, and that the district court "relied on erroneous facts."…
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