United States v. Santa-Otero

BARRON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us once again to review the sentence that Sergio Santa-Otero has received for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possessing a machine gun, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(o). In Santa’s prior appeal, we vacated his sentence, which at that time was for a term of imprisonment of 65 months, and remanded for resentencing. That resentencing has now occurred, and we affirm the result, which is a 60-month prison sentence.

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In 2013, pursuant to a plea agreement, Santa pled guilty to the two…