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Parties Involved:
Lamar Decarlo Rodriguez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard H. Kyle, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1270

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * District of Minnesota.

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Lamar Decarlo Rodriguez, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: December 20, 2007

Filed: December 21, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Lamar Rodriguez appeals the sentence the district court1

 imposed after he

pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C.

§§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B) and 846, and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a

drug-trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). His counsel has

moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

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We enforce the appeal waiver contained in Rodriguez’s written plea agreement.

The record indicates that Rodriguez entered into the agreement and the waiver

knowingly and voluntarily; and we conclude that this appeal falls within the scope of

the waiver, and that enforcing the waiver will not result in a miscarriage of justice.

See United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 890-92 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc); United

States v. Estrada-Bahena, 201 F.3d 1070, 1071 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam).

Reviewing the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988),

we find no nonfrivolous issues beyond the scope of the waiver.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal, and we grant counsel’s motion to

withdraw.

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