UNITED STATES v. VALLE-COLÓN

No. 18-1360.

21 F.4th 44 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joshua VALLE-COLÓN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raúl S. Mariani Franco , San Juan, PR, on brief for appellant.

W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before THOMPSON, SELYA, and KAYATTA, Circuit Judges.


Defendant-appellant Joshua Valle-Colón challenges his upwardly variant sentence for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. He asserts that the sentencing court erred in imposing a sentence over the applicable guideline sentencing range (GSR)—a sentence that he deems both procedurally flawed...

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