What is the case law on "substantive reasonableness review"?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Salas-Miranda, 20-734-cr (2nd Cir. 2020):

high, shockingly low, or otherwise unsupportable as a matter of law" and "substantive reasonableness review is not an opportunity for tinkering with sentences we disagree with, . . . [and] we place great trust in sentencing courts." Id. (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). Additionally, "[w]hile we have declined to adopt a per se rule, [w]e recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances." United States v. Ingram, 721 F.3d 35, 37 (2d Cir. 2013) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).

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