· 2/24/2014
Bustos v. Rubera
Citations
- 134 S. Ct. 1364
- 188 L. Ed. 2d 295
- 82 U.S.L.W. 3491
- 571 U.S. 1194
- 2014 WL 684046
- 2014 U.S. LEXIS 1537
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that sentence reduction was not warranted where, among other factors, “the court had already varied downward by five years from Ruffin’s guidelines range when imposing [a] lengthy sentence”
- noting that sentence reduction was not warranted where, among other factors, “the court had already varied downward by five years from Ruffin’s guidelines range when imposing [a] lengthy sentence”
- noting that sentence reduction was not warranted where, among other factors, “the court had already varied downward by five years from Ruffin’s guidelines range when imposing [a] lengthy sentence”
- noting that sentence reduction was not warranted where, among other factors, “the court had already varied downward by five years from Ruffin’s guidelines range when imposing [a] lengthy sentence”
- “When considered with the whole record, the district court’s decision more than adequately explained why the § 3553(a) factors did not support a sentence reduction.”
- no abuse of discretion in denying sentence reduction because district court considered “rehabilitation efforts” but defendant’s “conduct while in prison did not all run in the same direction”
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