U.S. v. SANTIAGO-RIVERA

No. 08-1499.

594 F.3d 82 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rolando SANTIAGO-RIVERA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irma R. Valldejuli on brief for appellant.

Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, and Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Rolando Santiago-Rivera challenges as unreasonable the sentence imposed upon him in connection with the revocation of a term of supervised release. The circumstances of this case are unusual and the question presented — which involves the extent to which a federal judge may shape a sentence for a violation of supervised release to affect an unrelated state sentence — is one of first impression. After careful...

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