Salt Lake Co v. Tax Commission

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that Gunter’s sentence was procedurally reasonable where the court displayed familiarity with the facts, engaged in back and forth with counsel, and explained the reason for its decision in a clear and straightforward manner
• noting that the reasonableness of a sentence “has both a procedural and a substantive component”
• affirming substantive reasonableness of upward departure where the district court considered defendant’s “lengthy criminal history” as relevant to deterrence and respect for the law factors
• “It is well established that, as part of its sentencing procedure, a court must consider all non-frivolous arguments in support of a lower sentence.”
• “The [sentencing] court must conduct a meaningful sentencing hearing and truly consider the defendant’s arguments.... [w]e are easily satisfied that the court fulfilled its procedural duties.”
• discussing whether the court adequately considered an initial sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).