United States v. Christopher Chmela, No. 19-3722 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: [Per Curiam - Before Colloton, Wollman and Benton, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. Anders case. The issues raised in the appeal fall within the scope of defendant's knowing and voluntary appeal waiver, and the appeal is dismissed.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 19-3722 ___________________________ United States of America, lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee, v. Christopher Paul Chmela, lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield ____________ Submitted: August 06, 2020 Filed: August 11, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, WOLLMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Christopher Chmela appeals the sentence imposed by the district court1 after he pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor. Chemla entered his plea according to a plea agreement that included an appeal waiver. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the sentence. We will enforce the appeal waiver in this case because Chmela entered into the plea agreement and the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily, his challenge to the sentence falls within the scope of the appeal waiver, and no miscarriage of justice would result from enforcing the waiver. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th Cir. 2010); United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc). Further, we have independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal outside the scope of the appeal waiver. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal based on the appeal waiver, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Roseann A. Ketchmark, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable David P. Rush, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri. -2-
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