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· 5/20/2015

United States v. Fernandez-Garay

Citations

  • 788 F.3d 1
  • 2015 WL 2403208

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding the substantive reasonableness of - 20 - a 120-month sentence pursuant to § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) where the defendant was arrested with a non-automatic firearm, two extended magazines, and an assortment of drugs
  • “[W]here a party tries to intervene as another defendant, we have required it to demonstrate Article III standing[.]”
  • “[S]ince [intervenor] has constitutional standing, it a fortiori has an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the action.”
  • \A party's failure to spell out a claim [of error] in the district court may be excused if he had no reasonable opportunity to do so.\
  • \[A]n error is deemed harmless if a reviewing court can say with fair assurance that the sentencing court 'would have imposed the same sentence even without the error.'\ (quoting United States v. Tavares, 705 F.3d 4, 25 (1st Cir. 2013))
  • discussing loss of good-time credits

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Judges: Howard, Selya, Kayatta

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