Opinion ID: 77655
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Reasonableness of Polynice & Bernard's Sentence

Text: 41 Polynice and Bernard argue that their respective sentences of 420 months' imprisonment 7 are unreasonable in light of the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). 42 After correctly calculating the advisory Guidelines range, a district court may impose a sentence that is either more severe or lenient than the sentence this court would have imposed, but that sentence must still be reasonable. United States v. Talley, 431 F.3d 784, 788 (11th Cir.2005). This court's [r]eview for reasonableness is deferential[,] and the party who challenges the sentence bears the burden of establishing that the sentence is unreasonable in the light of both [the] record and the factors in section 3553(a). Id. 43 Here, the district court correctly calculated the Guidelines range for Polynice and Bernard to be 420 months to life imprisonment. After expressly considering the § 3553(a) factors, the district court found that 420 months' imprisonment (which was at the low end of the Guidelines range) was appropriate. Nothing in the record demonstrates that 420 months was unreasonable.