United States v. Gilberto Ocasio, A/K/A Gilberto Ocasio Agosto

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• discussing underrepre-sentation of criminal history as a basis for upward departure
• \A defendant has the burden of proving his entitlement to a downward adjustment in the offense level.\
• “Where valid grounds for departure are present, we will uphold the sentencing judge’s resolution of the matter so long as the circumstances warranting the departure, and the departure’s direction and extent, are in reasonable balance.”
• identifying ___ ______ factors to be considered in reasonableness review
• identifying factors to be considered in reasonableness review
• sentencing guidelines do not abandon “individualized sentencing”

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