United States v. Tanner, No. 13-4022 (10th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseRobert Clifton Tanner was charged with four counts of mail fraud. He entered into an agreement where he agreed to plead guilty to one count for which he would receive a stipulated sentence of 30 months' imprisonment. The district court accepted the plea and sentenced Tanner to the agreed 30 months. As part of the agreement, Tanner waived his right to appeal unless the punishment imposed was greater than the parties had agreed. Despite this waiver and the imposition of the agreed sentence, Tanner appealed, claiming his sentence was illegal. The government moved to enforce the appeal waiver. The Tenth Circuit granted the government's motion.
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