What is the test for determining whether a defendant's sentence is too lenient?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Woney, 19-4032 (2nd Cir. 2021):

Woney also argues that his fifteen-year term of imprisonment-which exceeds the 120-to-135-month Guidelines range-is substantively unreasonable. "Our review of a sentence for substantive reasonableness is particularly deferential, and we will set aside only those sentences that are so shockingly high, shockingly low, or otherwise unsupportable as a matter of law that allowing them to stand would damage the administration of justice." United States v. Muzio, 966 F.3d 61, 64 (2d Cir. 2020) (alternation and internal quotation marks omitted). "Generally, if the ultimate sentence is reasonable and the sentencing judge did not commit procedural error in imposing that sentence, we will not second guess the weight (or lack thereof) that the judge accorded to a given factor or to a specific argument made pursuant to that factor." United States v. Pope, 554 F.3d 240, 246-47 (2d Cir. 2009) (alteration and internal quotation marks omitted).

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