UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. VICTOR MANUEL DIAZ GOMEZ (2017)

After Defendant-Appellant Victor Manuel Diaz-Gomez pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after deportation, the district court varied upward from the guidelines range and sentenced him to an 18-month term of imprisonment and a one-year period of supervised release. Diaz-Gomez contends that the sentence was substantively unreasonable and that the district court's balancing of the sentencing factors involved a clear error of judgment.

We review sentences for procedural error and substantive reasonableness under an abuse of discretion standard. United States v. Johnson, 619 F.3d 469, 471-72 (5th Cir. 2010); see also United States v. Smith, 440 F.3d 704, 708 (5th Cir. 2006). Having reviewed the arguments presented by Diaz-Gomez and the Government and pertinent portions of the record on appeal, we defer to the district court's determination of an appropriate sentence in this case. See United States v. Brantley, 537 F.3d 347, 349 (5th Cir. 2008). The judgment is AFFIRMED.

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