United States v. Mondragon-Santiago

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• holding that thére is no reversible error when the defendant has failed to demonstrate that further explanation would have changed his within-Guidelines sentence
• holding that an offense for which the defendant was sentenced to deferred adjudication probation under Texas law is not an aggravated felony
• holding that failure to give any reasons “beyond a bare recitation of the Guidelines calculation” was error
• holding that a party must raise a claim of error in a manner sufficient to alert the district court to the specific error
• recognizing that a party has not preserved a claim of procedural error if the party did not raise it in a manner sufficient to alert the district court to the specific error
• holding that there was no effect on a defendant’s substantial rights where he failed to show that a proper explanation would have changed his within- guidelines sentence

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