United States v. Fernando Fraga

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• concluding that sentencing judge did not abuse her discretion in giving appellant’s criminal history more weight than mitigating factors
• reviewing a sentence for substantive reasonableness under an abuse of discretion standard “regardless of whether the sentence imposed is inside or outside the Guidelines range”
• reviewing a sentence for substantive reasonableness under an abuse of discretion standard “regardless of whether the sentence imposed is inside or outside the Guidelines range”
• upholding upward variance from guidelines maximum of 18 months in prison to 27 months
• “I usually do give . . . life supervised release in these situations[,]”
• “The Supreme Court has explained that a sentencing judge commits procedural error when [ ]he %il[s] to adequately explain the chosen sentence—including an explanation for any deviation from the Guidelines range.’ ” (second alteration in original

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