Legal Opinion

United States v. Francisco Azcona-Polanco

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 27, 2017No. 16-3478PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

RESTREPO, Circuit Judge.

Deportable immigrants are presumptively exempt from the discretionary imposition of supervised release under Section 5Dl.l(c) of the Sentencing Guidelines. Appellant Francisco Azcona-Polanco, a de-portable immigrant, argues that the District Court committed a procedural sentencing error by sentencing him to a term of supervised release without an adequate explanation. We write to clarify the procedural obligations of a district court under Section 5Dl.l(c). Azcona-Polanco also challenges his sentence of imprisonment as substantively unreasonable. On…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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3Cited by19 opinions

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