Best Lawyers in Chandigarh United States v. Santiago

Best Lawyers in Chandigarh The First Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed in connection with Defendant's plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, holding that Defendant's appeal waiver barred this appeal. Defendant pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court sentenced Defendant to thirty-seven months' imprisonment and ordered that the sentence run consecutively to a seven-year sentence Defendant had previously received for an unrelated state drug offense. Defendant appealed, arguing that the district court erred by imposing a consecutive, rather than a concurrent, sentence. The government argued that Defendant's appeal was barred because, as part of his guilty plea, he expressly waived his right to appeal. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that enforcement of the appeal waiver did not result in a miscarriage of justice. View "United States v. Santiago" on Justia Law

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