United States v. Ibanez

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Jacob Ibanez was convicted of unlawfully possessing a gun. On appeal, he challenged his 50-month sentence on the ground that it was substantively unreasonable. The Tenth Circuit determined Ibanez failed to address any whether the ultimate sentence was unreasonable based on the statutory sentencing factors. Instead, he attacked the reasonableness of a guideline provision invoked by the district court. "Even if we were to agree with Mr. Ibanez’s criticism of the guideline provision, this criticism would not implicate the reasonableness of the sentence itself." As a result, the Tenth Circuit affirmed the sentence. View "United States v. Ibanez" on Justia Law