U.S. v. CRUZ-VÁZQUEZ

No. 15-1289.

841 F.3d 546 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angel Rudiel CRUZ-VÁZQUEZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isabelle C. Oria-Calaf , San Juan, PR, on brief for appellant.

Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Francisco A. Besosa-Martínez , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges.


This case concerns a challenge to the sentence imposed on Angel Rudiel Cruz-Vázquez ("Cruz") for unlawful possession of a fully-automatic firearm. Cruz challenges the reasonableness of his 36-month prison sentence. After careful consideration, we affirm.

I. Background.

Cruz pleaded guilty to possession...

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