United States v. Adams, No. 13-3020 (D.C. Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseA grand jury indicted Adams based on a scheme to defraud the United States Agency for International Development. Adams agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; in return the government would move to dismiss the other 21 counts in the indictment. The agreement explained the sentence would be determined by the court and the range indicated by the United States Sentencing Guidelines was 51 to 63 months imprisonment. The parties agreed that a sentence within that range would constitute a reasonable sentence and that Adams waived the right to appeal his sentence or the manner in which it was determined under 18 U.S.C. 3742, “except to the extent that (a) the Court sentences [Adams] to a period of imprisonment longer than the statutory maximum, or (b) the Court departs upward from the applicable Sentencing Guideline range pursuant to the provisions of U.S.S.G. 5K.2 or based on a consideration of the sentencing factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. 3553(a).” The district court sentenced him to 51 months imprisonment and to three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay restitution. The D.C. Circuit dismissed his appeal, based on the waiver.
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