The following excerpt is from United States v. Kyzer, 18-2603-cr (2nd Cir. 2021):
"This Court considers the substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed under an abuse-of-discretion standard. We find error only if the sentence cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions." United States v. Alcius, 952 F.3d 83, 88 (2d Cir. 2020) (citations, internal quotation marks, and alteration omitted). "We focus in particular on a district court's explanation of its sentence in light of the factors contained in 18 U.S.C. 3553(a), and whether a factor relied on by a sentencing
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