Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2019

Holguin-Hernandez v. United States

Decided February 26, 2020. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-7739 · 589 U.S. 169 · Cited 418 times

Holding

Petitioner’s district-court argument for a specific sentence (nothing or less than 12 months) preserved, for purposes of Fed. Rule Crim. Proc. 51(b), his claim on appeal that the sentence imposed was unreasonably long.

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