First Circuit· 5/18/2005

United States v. Vazquez-Rivera

Citations

407 F.3d 476
2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 8880
2005 WL 1163672

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holding that the prosecutor’ s reference to coconspirator’s past murder conviction was not improper because it had already been entered in the record
considering authority raised in a supplemental brief that was not raised in the opening brief because there was an intervening change in law
stating that “our doubt ... is enhanced by the fact that, while the applicable Guidelines constrained the sentencing judge to the upper margin of sentences available under [the relevant statute], the sentence he chose was at the low end of that margin”
holding reasonableness standard inapplicable when reviewing pre Booker sentence
intervening change in law is an exceptional circumstance under which a party may submit supplemental briefing on an issue that was not raised in its opening brief
“factual certainty alone would not be sufficient to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the judge, acting under an advisory Guidelines system, would have applied the same sentence on the basis of those factors”

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Judges: Torruella, Porfilio, Howard

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