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Before
Selya, Stahl and Lipez,
Circuit Judges.
It is an
plain
error
in
its
imposition
of
the
sentence.
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the
disposition
hearing
define
the
factual
contours
of
our
scroll
back
to
April
29,
2011,
when
defendant-
The court,
The
of
Puerto
Rico
returned
an
indictment
against
the
Within a
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Included in the
underlying
criminal
history
score
were
two
points
for
the
29,
2012.
Defense
counsel
argued
that
the
contempt
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of our jurisdiction.
motion's
appellation.
character
depends
upon
its
substance,
not
its
2004); United States v. Morillo, 8 F.3d 864, 867 (1st Cir. 1993).
Viewed through the lens of substance, the raiment of
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(a) perfectly suits the
motion.
P. 35(a), (c).
This is a
We explain briefly.
"designate
appealed."
the
judgment,
order,
or
part
This notice
thereof
being
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See
Chamorro v. Puerto Rican Cars, Inc., 304 F.3d 1, 3 (1st Cir. 2002)
(explaining that notices of appeal are to be construed liberally in
the context of the record as a whole).
however, Rule 3's core dictates "must still be satisfied, and 'noncompliance is fatal to an appeal.'"
F.3d 1, 6 (1st Cir. 2003) (quoting Smith v. Barry, 502 U.S. 244,
248 (1992)); accord United States v. Velez Carrero, 140 F.3d 327,
330 (1st Cir. 1998).
as
informed
by
the
case
record
in
its
entirety,
court's
and
Sentence
entered
against
[the
defendant] on August 30, 2012" and omitted any mention of the Rule
35(a) motion, let alone any mention of a disposition of that
motion.
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available alternatives.
See 18 U.S.C.
argument
the
Commonwealth
court's
vacation
of
the
his
best
argument
in
support
of
disregarding
the
it.
But
forfeited
arguments
are
not
entirely
Cir. 2010).
We proceed accordingly.
The
plain
error
standard,
though
rigorous,
is
not
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The
(n.6)
(excluding
reversed,
vacated,
of
including
vacated
or
invalidated
In addition, the
conviction
in
the
court considered its variance from the GSR "small" due to the ratio
between the sentence and the top of the GSR.
Eliminating the
defendant's
conduct.
It
strives
to
convince
us
that
those
record
no
contains
suggestion
that
the
court
considered
the
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Due
United
marks
omitted).
Where,
as
here,
such
erroneous
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