Legal Opinion
United States v. Demers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 16, 2016No. 15-2205PPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Ryan Demers asserts both that the sentencing court made an erroneous drug-quantity determination and that, in all events, ■ the sentence imposed was substantively unreasonable. After careful consideration, we affirm the appellant’s sentence.
I. BACKGROUND
Because this appeal follows a guilty plea, “we glean the. relevant facts from the change-of-plea colloquy, the unchallenged portions of the presentence investigation report (PSI Report), and the record of the disposition hearing.” United States v. Vargas, 560 F.3d 45, 47 (1st Cir. 2009).
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