The following excerpt is from United States v. Bohannon, 17-3352 (2nd Cir. 2018):
We review the reasonableness of the sentence imposed by the district court for abuse of discretion. United States v. Verkhoglyad, 516 F.3d 122, 127 (2d Cir. 2008). A sentence is procedurally unreasonable if the district court "fails to calculate the Guidelines range[,] . . . makes
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a mistake in its Guidelines calculation, or treats the Guidelines as mandatory." United States v. Cavera, 550 F.3d 180, 190 (2d Cir. 2008) (en banc) (citation omitted). "We will set aside sentences as substantively unreasonable only in exceptional cases where the trial court's decision cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions, that is, when sentences 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. Aldeen, 792 F.3d 247, 255 (2d Cir. 2015) (alteration in original) (internal quotations omitted).
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