United States v. Méndez-Báez

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Appellant Kevin Joniel Méndez-Báez appeals his incarcerative sentence of 60 months, 19 months above the upper end of the advisory guidelines sentencing range. He argues that the district court erred procedurally in not considering all of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and substantively in imposing too harsh a sentence. After careful review, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 24, 2017, Puerto Rico police pulled over a car after observing its apparently illegal window tint. The driver, Méndez, produced a learner's driving permit and told an officer that he did not have the…