Legal Opinion
United States v. Pantojas-Cruz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 28, 2015No. 14-1665PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant José M. PantojasCruz (“Pantojas”) pleaded guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(3) and 924(a)(2). He challenges the procedural and substantive reasonableness of his upwardly variant sentence. After careful consideration, we affirm.
I. Background
Because this appeal follows a guilty plea, we draw the facts from the change-of-plea colloquy, the plea agreement, the Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”), and the transcript of the sentencing hearing. See United States v. King, 741 F.3d 305,…
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