US v. Ramirez-Ayala, No. 22-1181 (1st Cir. 2024)
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The case involves Miguel F. Ramirez-Ayala, who pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearms and controlled substances in 2015. After serving his federal prison sentence, he began a three-year supervised-release term. However, within a year, Ramirez-Ayala violated his supervised-release conditions by possessing controlled substances and a firearm, among other violations. This led to a revocation sentence of eighteen months, after which he began another supervised-release term. During this second term, Ramirez-Ayala committed multiple violations, including drug and firearm possession, and evaded police in a high-speed car chase. In 2021, he pleaded guilty to these most recent drug and firearm possession charges, leading to another round of revocation proceedings.
The district court sentenced Ramirez-Ayala to twenty-four months' imprisonment, the maximum revocation sentence, to be served consecutively to his new conviction. He appealed, arguing that the district court sentenced him in a procedurally and substantively unreasonable manner.
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found no error in the district court's decision. The court noted that the district court had considered the relevant factors, including the seriousness of Ramirez-Ayala's violations, his repeated violations of supervised-release conditions, and his disregard for the law and public safety. The court concluded that the district court's upward variance in sentencing was reasonable given these circumstances. Therefore, the court affirmed the district court's decision.
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