Legal Opinion
United States v. Xavier Lymas
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 18, 2015No. 13-4635, 13-4636, 13-4650PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WYNN and Judge HARRIS joined.
TRAXLER, Chief Judge:
Appellants Xavier D. Lymas, Lionel B. Newman and Jessie Gomez challenge both the procedural and substantive reasonableness of their sentences. We conclude that the district court committed procedural error by failing to explain its rejection of the Guidelines sentences or to offer an individ ualized assessment to justify each appellant’s sentence based on the particular facts of the case before the court. We therefore vacate and remand for…
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