U.S. v. COTTO-NEGRóN

No. 14-1670.

845 F.3d 434 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ángel L. COTTO-NEGRÓN, a/k/a Quija, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tina Schneider on brief for appellant.

Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Juan Carlos Reyes-Ramos , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

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


Appellant Ángel Cotto-Negrón pled guilty to one count of committing a Hobbs Act robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and was sentenced to a prison term of 120 months. On appeal, he challenges his sentence as both procedurally and substantively unreasonable. We agree that the sentence was procedurally unreasonable...

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