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U.S. v. PORTILLO

Docket No. 19-2158 August Term 2020.

981 F.3d 181 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Josue PORTILLO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 24, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Ryan, Jr. , Melville Law Center, Melville, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Josue Portillo.

Paul G. Scotti , Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY ( Richard P. Donoghue , U.S. Atty. for the Eastern District of New York, David C. James , John J. Durham , Asst. U.S. Attys., Brooklyn, NY, on the brief), for Appellee United States of America.

Before: NEWMAN, POOLER, Circuit Judges.

This appeal, challenging as unreasonably severe a sentence of fifty-five years imposed on a defendant who was fifteen years old at the time of the offense, presents the legal issue of the lawfulness of the sentence and also serves as a classic illustration of the unfortunate consequences of the congressional decision...

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