Legal Opinion
United States v. Severino-Pacheco
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 2018No. 17-1806PPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Francisco Severino-Pacheco ("Severino") appeals his sentence for illegal possession of a machine gun. Following Severino's guilty plea, the district court calculated a Sentencing Guidelines ("Guidelines") range of 24 to 30 months. The district court ultimately imposed an above-Guidelines sentence of 40 months, noting, inter alia, that Severino had recklessly fired an automatic weapon in a neighborhood.
On appeal, Severino challenges the procedural and substantive reasonableness of his sentence. He contends that the district court erred by relying on…
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