Legal Opinion
United States v. Flores-Machicote
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 23, 2013No. 11-2243PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
After defendant-appellant Victor FloresMachicote entered a guilty plea, the district court sentenced him to five years in prison — a sentence well above the top of the applicable guideline sentencing range (GSR). The defendant appeals, asserting that the district court did not make an individualized assessment of the relevant sentencing factors but, rather, relied on impermissible considerations (including the perceived shortcomings of the local courts and the epidemic of violent street crime that has plagued Puerto Rico in recent times). After careful consideration, we…
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