The following excerpt is from United States v. Ercoli, 17-552-cr (2nd Cir. 2018):
We review the procedural and substantive reasonableness of a sentence under a "deferential abuse-of-discretion standard." United States v. Aldeen, 792 F.3d 247, 251 (2d Cir. 2015) (quoting Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41 (2007)).
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