United States v. Aaron Webster

On remand, the district court imposed the same sentence that was originally imposed without adequately explaining how a sentence of 120 months was still appropriate in the absence of the improper facts the district court emphasized in choosing the original sentence. Because we require district courts to give us better insight into their sentencing decisions to allow for meaningful appellate review and the imposition of a 120-month sentence may be substantively unreasonable, I would vacate Webster’s sentence and remand for resen-tencing. I therefore respectfully dissent.

In United States v.…