The following excerpt is from United States v. Reyes, No. 18-3695 (2nd Cir. 2020):
that it has considered each 3553(a) factor, id. (internal quotation marks omitted), but "we require more than a few magic words," United States v. Corsey, 723 F.3d 366, 376 (2d Cir. 2013), as corrected (July 24, 2013). In essence, the district court must "create enough of a record so that an appellate court can be confident that the sentence resulted from the district court's considered judgment as to what was necessary to address the various, often conflicting, purposes of sentencing." Id. (internal quotation marks omitted).
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