What is the test for setting aside a district court's sentence as substantively unreasonable?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Brass, No. 12-3179-cr (2nd Cir. 2013):
(internal quotation marks omitted). We set aside a district court's sentence as substantively unreasonable only if affirming it "would . . . damage the administration of justice because the sentence imposed was shockingly high, shockingly low, or otherwise unsupportable as a matter of law." United States v. Rigas, 583 F.3d 108, 123 (2d Cir. 2009).
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