The following excerpt is from Sack v. Lyttle, No. 10-4622-cr (2nd Cir. 2012):
United States, 552 U.S. 38, 52 (2007). In determining whether a sentence is reasonable, we examine both "the length of the sentence (substantive reasonableness) as well as the procedure employed in arriving at the sentence (procedural reasonableness)." United States v. Johnson, 567 F.3d 40, 51 (2d Cir. 2009).
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