Legal Opinion

United States v. Sepúlveda-Hernández

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 16, 2016No. 15-1293PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, defendant-appellant To-más Sepúlveda-Hernández attempts to raise multiple claims of sentencing error. Concluding, as we do, that his claims are both unpreserved and unpersuasive, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The facts and proceedings that culminated in the challenged'sentence are chroni*32cled in our previous opinion, see United States v. Sepúlveda-Hemández, 752 F.3d 22, 25-27 (1st Cir.2014), and we assume the reader’s familiarity with that account. We offer only a synopsis here.

A jury convicted the appellant of a medley of crimes stemming from his serial roles as…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  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. ClogstonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011

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