Legal Opinion

United States v. Viloria-Sepulveda

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 16, 2019No. 18-1152PPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Fabian Viloria-Sepulveda pled guilty to illegal possession of a machine gun in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (o). The district court sentenced Viloria-Sepulveda to sixty months' imprisonment, a sentence above the applicable guidelines sentencing range (GSR) but below the statutory maximum of ten years. 18 U.S.C. § 924 (a)(2).

Viloria-Sepulveda challenges this sentence on procedural and substantive grounds. Procedurally, he contends that the district court erred in considering two types of evidence: (1) photographs found on the defendant's cell phone showing the defendant…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Kimbrough v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. United States v. DuarteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  4. United States v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. Flores-MachicoteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013

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3Cited by15 opinions

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