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U.S. v. FLORES-MEJIA

No. 12-3149.

759 F.3d 253 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jose Luis FLORES-MEJIA, a/k/a Jose Flores Mejia, a/k/a Jose Luis Mejia, a/k/a Manuel Mendez Jose Luis Flores-Mejia, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Argued En Banc on February 19, 2014.

Opinion filed: July 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Epstein, Esquire (Argued), Federal Community Defender Office, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellant.

Robert A. Zauzmer, Esquire (Argued), Jeffery W. Whitt, Esquire , Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee.

Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, RENDELL, AMBRO, FUENTES, SMITH, FISHER, CHAGARES, JORDAN, HARDIMAN, GREENAWAY, JR., VANASKIE, SHWARTZ, SLOVITER and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

Jose Luis Flores-Mejia appeals the sentence imposed on him for his conviction of the offense of reentry after deportation. His appeal raises the issue of what a defendant must do in order to preserve a challenge to the procedural reasonableness of a sentence. At the sentencing hearing, Flores-Mejia made a mitigation argument, based on his cooperation with the government. Flores-Mejia contends that his initial presentation of...

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