UNITED STATES v. RUPERTO-RIVERA

No. 20-1817.

16 F.4th 1 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Benny RUPERTO-RIVERA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael Anglada-López on brief for appellant.

W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Robert P. Coleman III , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

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


In this appeal, defendant-appellant Benny Ruperto-Rivera strives to persuade us that the district court overemphasized aggravating factors and overlooked mitigating factors when fashioning his sentence. Although the appellant is less than precise as to whether he intends to mount a claim of procedural error or a claim of substantive...

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