What is the test for setting aside a sentence that is substantively unreasonable?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Nicholson, 18-2737-cr (2nd Cir. 2019):

"We review the . . . substantive reasonableness of a sentence under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard." United States v. Yilmaz, 910 F.3d 686, 688 (2d Cir. 2018). We will set aside a sentence as substantively unreasonable only if it is "so shockingly high, shockingly low, or otherwise unsupportable as a matter of law that allowing [it] to stand would damage the administration of justice." United States v. Broxmeyer, 699 F.3d 265, 289 (2d Cir. 2012) (internal quotation marks omitted).

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