United States v. Lopez-Cotto

How courts have described this case

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

• holding district court properly considered defendant’s crim- inal history to justify an upward departure where Guidelines did not include an offense never charged and two offenses older than fifteen years
• holding district court properly considered defendant’s crim- inal history to justify an upward departure where Guidelines did not include an offense never charged and two offenses older than fifteen years
• affirming 72-month sentence for illegal reentry when guidelines called for 30 to 37 months and previous 57-month sentence failed to deter defendant
• affirming 72-month sentence for illegal reentry when guidelines called for 30 to 37 months and previous 57-month sentence failed to deter defendant
• affirming upward variance when Guidelines did not fully reflect criminal history and previous sentences had not deterred defendant
• affirming 72-month sentence for illegal reentry when guidelines called for 30 to 37 months and previous 57-month sentence failed to deter defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).