Legal Opinion

United States v. Hernandez

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 5, 2010No. Docket 09-1421-crPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge CALABRESI concurs in a separate opinion.

DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

Defendant-appellant Hector Hernandez appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Platt, J.) in 2009, which re-imposed a 405-month sentence of incarceration after remand from this Court back in 1993. The record indicates that the district court evidently started with an assumption — invalid after so long an interval — that the baseline for the re-sentencing was the sentence imposed in 1991, and thereby failed to properly consider the factors set out in 18…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. CaveraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
  2. United States v. FernandezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  3. United States v. Oscar Rosa, Vincent Lopez, Ricardo Rodriguez, Hector Hernandez, and Armando VelasquezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  4. United States v. RigasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. Raymond RobinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Fed. Ins. Co. v. United States, United States v. MazerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
  2. United States v. MandellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
  3. United States v. Mi Sun ChoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
  4. Villanueva v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
  5. Ligon ex rel. J.G. v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013

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