The following excerpt is from United States v. Feaster, 18-1928-cr (2nd Cir. 2020):
Generally, "[t]his court reviews the procedural and substantive reasonableness of a sentence under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard." United States v. Richardson, 958 F.3d 151, 153 (2d Cir. 2020) (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted). Where, as here, a defendant did not object to his sentence below, we review for plain error. United States v. Erskine, 717 F.3d 131, 135 (2d Cir. 2013).
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