Does a sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal have to be reviewed for "reasonableness"?
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The following excerpt is from United States v. Ibarra, D.C. No. 8:11-cr-00165-DOC-3, No. 13-50141 (9th Cir. 2014):
Cir. 2008) (en banc). The sentence imposed is reviewed for "reasonableness," and only a procedurally erroneous or substantively unreasonable sentence will be set aside. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007).
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