United States v. Norberto Dangla-Sanchez, No. 14-1736 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Criminal Case - Anders. The appeal waiver in the plea agreement is enforced. Court declines to consider claims of ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal. No non-frivolous issues outside the scope of appeal waiver are present.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-1736 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee v. Norberto A. Dangla-Sanchez lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________ Submitted: November 4, 2014 Filed: November 7, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Norberto Dangla-Sanchez directly appeals after he pled guilty to a drug charge, and the district court1 sentenced him to a prison term below his calculated Guidelines 1 The Honorable Brian C. Wimes, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. range. His counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), acknowledging an appeal waiver in DanglaSanchez’s plea agreement, questioning the reasonableness of the sentence imposed, and raising a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. To begin, we decline to consider counsel’s ineffective-assistance claim on direct appeal. See United States v. McAdory, 501 F.3d 868, 872-73 (8th Cir. 2007) (ineffective-assistance claims are ordinarily deferred to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceedings). As to counsel’s challenge to the reasonableness of the sentence, we enforce the appeal waiver. See United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (court should enforce appeal waiver and dismiss appeal where it falls within scope of waiver, plea agreement and waiver were entered into knowingly and voluntarily, and no miscarriage of justice would result); see also United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th Cir. 2010) (de novo review of validity and applicability of appeal waiver). Finally, having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no non-frivolous issues outside the scope of the appeal waiver. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal based upon the appeal waiver, and we grant counsel leave to withdraw. ______________________________ -2-
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