United States v. Enrique Ramirez, No. 12-3177 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. Anders case. Defendant executed a valid waiver of his appeal rights as part of the plea agreement, and this appeal from his sentence must be dismissed.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 12-3177 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee v. Enrique Ramirez lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________ Submitted: May 2, 2013 Filed: May 8, 2013 [Unpublished] ____________ Before MURPHY, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Under the terms of a written plea agreement that contained an appeal waiver, Enrique Ramirez pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. ยงยง 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), and 846. The district court1 imposed a sentence of 180 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release. On appeal, Ramirez s counsel has moved to withdraw and submitted a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), questioning the reasonableness of the sentence. We conclude that the appeal waiver should be enforced as to all issues in this appeal. See United States v. Jennings, 662 F.3d 988, 990 (8th Cir. 2011) (court should enforce appeal waiver if both waiver and plea agreement were entered into knowingly and voluntarily, appeal is within waiver s scope, and no miscarriage of justice would result); see also United States v. Estrada-Bahena, 201 F.3d 1070, 1071 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (enforcing appeal waiver in Anders case). Having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issue not covered by the waiver. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal and grant counsel s motion to withdraw, subject to counsel informing Ramirez about procedures for seeking rehearing or filing a petition for certiorari. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Greg Kays, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. -2-
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