United States v. Vasquez-Landaver

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• affirming sentence as reasonable where the record shows the district court considered the § 3553(a) factors and imposed a sentence that was sufficient but no greater than necessary to comply with § 3553(a)
• affirming sentence as reasonable where the record shows the district court considered the § 3553(a) factors and imposed a sentence that was sufficient but no greater than necessary to comply with § 3553(a)
• rejecting a claim that the defendant’s sentence was impermissible punishment for exercising his right to proceed to trial, when “the record does not suggest that the district court gave any improper weight to the failure to enter into the plea agreement”
• district court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting defendant’s request for 48-month “fast-track” sentence offered by government and rejected
• “Of crucial importance in any attempt to raise duress as a defense [is] the element[ ] of immediacy”

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