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073686P.pdf 02/09/2009 United States v. Ismael Ruelas-Mendez
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-3686
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and
Piersol, District Judge]
Criminal case - Sentencing. Under the deferential standard established
by Gall, the district court has substantial latitude to determine how to
weigh various factors under Sec. 3553(a), and the court's decision to
place greater emphasis on factors that favored a sentence within the
advisory Guidelines range, such as the need to deter crime, to protect the
public and to avoid sentencing disparities, was a permissible exercise of
discretion and did not render the sentence unreasonable.