United States v. Vazquez-Rivera

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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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