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Second Circuit· 11/25/2015

United States v. Ryan

Citations

  • 806 F.3d 691
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 20587
  • 2015 WL 7567218

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  • recognizing that in “overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • noting that a “district court's factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a pre- ponderance of the evidence”
  • “[W]hile we have declined to adopt a per se rule, we recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.”
  • applying the clear error standard
  • applying the clear error standard

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Judges: Cabranes, Kearse, Walker

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