United States v. Johnson, No. 18-2350 (7th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseJohnson defrauded his employer and was charged with wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1343. During an in-chambers conference among court and counsel, Johnson’s attorney withdrew an objection to the restitution amount ($211,428) to be paid to the victims of his client’s wire fraud. Johnson was not present. In open court, Johnson confirmed he no longer disputed restitution, recognized the plea agreement included an appeal waiver, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced. Johnson then challenged his 21-month sentence and restitution order, arguing that he did not waive this appeal and his sentence was unconstitutional because he was not present when his attorney dropped the restitution objection. The Seventh Circuit upheld the appeal waiver and dismissed Johnson’s appeal.m, Johnson’s circumstances do not present a due process exception to the rule that most written appeal waivers are effective.
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