United States v. Ruiz-Huertas

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• noting that it is unclear whether an unpreserved substantive reasonableness claim should be reviewed for abuse of discretion or plain error
• noting that it is unclear whether a substantive reasonableness claim must be preserved below to be afforded abuse-of-discretion review versus a tougher plain error review
• noting that six out of the seven circuits that had examined the issue held that a substantive reasonableness claim need not be preserved
• noting that it is unclear whether an unpreserved substantive reasonableness claim should be reviewed for abuse of discretion or plain error
• explaining that “judgment calls” normally fall within the scope of a sentencing court’s discretion
• noting that the applicable standard of review “is somewhat blurred,” but not deciding whether a defendant must “preserve a claim that the duration of a sentence is substantively unreasonable”

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