United States v. Fausto Aguero Alvarado

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• explaining that the party challenging the reasonableness of the sentence has the burden to show that it is unreasonable
• explaining a defendant may \effectively backdoor the rejected [public authority] defense by testifying that he genuinely believed\ that the government directed and approved of his conduct
• explaining, in the criminal context, that the public authority and entrapment-by-estoppel defenses require reasonable reliance
• “The weight accorded to any given § 3553(a) factor is a matter within the district court’s discretion, and this Court will not substitute its judgment in weighing the relevant factors.”

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