Legal Opinion
United States v. Cavera
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 4, 2008No. Docket 05-4591-crPublishedCited by 876 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DefendanL-Appellant Gerard Cavera appeals from a judgment entered on August 23, 2005 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.1 Cavera pled guilty to a firearms trafficking offense. The district court imposed an above-Guidelines sentence after finding that the Sentencing Guidelines failed to take into account the need to punish more severely those who illegally transport guns into areas like New York City. On appeal, Cavera contends, among other things, that the district court erred when it relied on local conditions to justify a higher sentence.
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