# United States v. Ismael Antonio Ramos

> Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · February 15, 1978 · 572 F.2d 360

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9464621

## Case

- **Full name:** UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ismael Antonio RAMOS, Appellant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- **Decided:** February 15, 1978
- **Citations:** 572 F.2d 360; 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 12599
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Feinberg
- **Judges:** Feinberg, Lumbard, Timbers, Moore, Fein-Berg
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- characterizing the sentence given in that case as “unusually severe,” “excessive,” and “unheard of’

## Opinion text

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge
(concurring in the result):
I agree with Judge Moore that the trial judge should have stated the reasons for his harsh sentence. See, in addition to the authorities cited by Judge Moore, ABA Project on Standards for Criminal Justice, Standards Relating to Appellate Review of Sentences § 2.3(c) (Approved Draft, 1968). Even before the recommendation of the Judicial Council in March 1976, we had emphasized the desirability of a statement of reasons by the sentencing judge, although we had not required it. See United States v. Driscoll, 496 F.2d 252 (2d Cir. 1974); United States v. Velazquez, 482 F.2d 139 (2d Cir. 1973); United States v. Brown, 479 F.2d 1170 (2d Cir. 1973). In addition, we had held that even in the absence of an absolute requirement that reasons ordinarily be stated, particular circumstances might demand it. See McGee v. United States, 462 F.2d 243, 247 (2d Cir. 1972). Accordingly, I concur in the result.

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