Where a defendant challenged the sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense, the plea agreement included an appeal waiver that was valid, enforceable and applicable to the issues raised in the appeal. Appeal is dismissed. U.S. v. ...

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Where a defendant challenged his sentence following a guilty plea to crimes including robbery, the appeal fell within the scope of the appeal waiver, and the plea agreement was voluntarily and knowingly entered, so the appeal is dismissed. Appeal is ...

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Defendant appealed from the district court’s sentence imposed after defendant pleaded guilty to fraud offenses pursuant to a plea agreement that contained an appeal waiver. On appeal, defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of her sentence. Where the appeal waiver in ...

Tagged with: appeal waiver fraud Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence

Defendant appealed from the sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to drug and firearms offenses pursuant to a plea agreement containing an appeal waiver. Where defendant’s appeal waiver was applicable to his challenge to his sentence, the court dismissed the ...

Tagged with: appeal waiver Drug and Firearms Offenses Reasonableness of Sentence

Where a defendant challenged his sentence in a drug-conspiracy case, the plea agreement included an appeal waiver, and the sole issue raised on appeal was within the waiver, so the appeal is dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. U.S. v. Gatling (MLW ...

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Where a defendant appealed following his guilty plea in a drug-conspiracy case, the appeal waiver was valid and enforceable and applicable to the appeal, so the appeal is dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. U.S. v. Bradshaw (MLW No.74613/Case No. 19-2362 – ...

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Where a defendant appealed after his guilty plea to a felon-in-possession case, the claim of ineffective assistance was not cognizable on direct appeal, and there were no non-frivolous issues for appeal that were outside the scope of the plea agreement’s ...

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Defendant appealed from the sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense, pursuant to a plea agreement that contained an appeal waiver. On appeal, defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of his sentence. Where the appeal waiver was enforceable ...

Tagged with: appeal waiver Drug Offense Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence

Defendant appealed after he pleaded guilty to bank robbery and related offenses, pursuant to a plea agreement that contained an appeal waiver. On appeal, defendant argued that his sentence was unreasonable and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel; ...

Tagged with: appeal waiver Bank Robbery Reasonableness of Sentence

Where a defendant challenged the reasonableness of his sentence, the appeal waiver is enforced, and to the extent that the defendant raised claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, the court declined to consider the claims, so the appeal is dismissed. ...

Tagged with: appeal waiver Ineffective Assistance Claim sentencing

Where a defendant challenged his sentence after his guilty plea to drug and firearm offenses, the plea agreement included an appeal waiver that was valid, enforceable and applicable to the issues raised on appeal, so the appeal is dismissed. Appeal ...

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