United States v. Arias-Espinoza, No. 11-10663 (9th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his sentence for illegal re-entry into the United States. The government contended that defendant waived his right to appeal in his written plea agreement. The court held that the district court's statement near the end of the sentencing hearing that defendant "may have a right to appeal" was equivocal or ambiguous and therefore did not vitiate defendant's explicit waiver of the right to appeal in his written plea agreement.
Court Description: Criminal Law. Dismissing an appeal from a sentence, the panel held that the district court’s statement near the end of the sentencing hearing that the defendant “may have a right to appeal” was equivocal or ambiguous and therefore did not vitiate the defendant’s explicit waiver of the right to appeal in his written plea agreement.
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