United States v. Lente

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• holding that even when the district court stated that it had considered all of the statutory factors, we cannot presume consideration of a party's sentencing-disparity argument under 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a)(6)
• explaining that “[w]e cannot fulfill our appellate role, however deferential, in assessing the substantive reasonableness of [a] sentence” without an adequate explanation from the district court
• characterizing challenge to adequacy of district court’s explanation for chosen sentence as procedural, as opposed to substantive, challenge
• “A harmless error ‘is that which did not affect the district court’s selection of the sentence imposed.’ ”
• “When a district court imposes a within-Guidelines sentence, the court must provide only a general statement of its reasons, and need not explicitly refer to either the § 3553(a
• “Harmlessness must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence, and the burden of making this showing falls on (continued...) 54 Viewing the district court’s erroneous admission of the transcripts (without the audio recordings

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