Legal Opinion

United States v. Gist

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 21, 2014No. 13-1126-crPublished

1Opinion of the Court

SUMMARY ORDER

Defendant-appellant Gamale Gist appeals from the District Court’s judgment of conviction entered March 13, 2013. On appeal, Gist argues that his fifteen-year term of supervised release is substantively unreasonable. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts and record of the prior proceedings, to which we refer only as necessary to explain our decision to affirm in part and remand in part.

1. Substantive Reasonableness

This Court reviews challenges to the substantive reasonableness of a sentence under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard, United States v. Verkhoglyad,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. CaveraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
  3. United States v. VerkhoglyadCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
  4. United States v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
  5. United States v. ElbertCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API