U.S. v. Estrada-Mederos

Defendant was entitled to new sentence hearing on charge of illegal reentry in U.S., where Dist. Ct. imposed 57-month term of incarceration under circumstances where record failed to indicate that Dist. Ct. had considered defendant’s argument in mitigation that govt.’s up to two-year delay in charging him for instant offense deprived him of ability to serve portion of instant sentence concurrently with sentence on unrelated state conviction. Defendant also maintained that reduced sentence was warranted because he would not receive credit towards his federal sentence for time spent during his immigration detention. Both aspects of defendant’s argument had potential merit, and record failed to show that Dist. Ct. provided sufficient explanation to demonstrate that it considered said argument and had reasoned basis for rejecting it.