United States v. Arroyo-Blas, No. 13-1613 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePursuant to a written plea agreement, Appellant pleaded guilty to Count I of a four-count indictment charging him with various drug crimes. The plea agreement contained a clear waiver of appeal provision. In sentencing Appellant, the district judge put Appellant in Criminal History Category II, which subjected him to a higher Guidelines range. Appellant appealed, arguing that he should have been put in Category I, which he believed would have resulted in a shorter sentence. The First Circuit dismissed the appeal, holding that because Appellant’s opening brief failed to address the waiver of appeal issue in any meaningful way, Appellant waived any argument that the Court should refuse to enforce his waiver of appeal.
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