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Parties Involved:
Gregory Jerome Cree
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Daniel L. Hovland, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the District of North Dakota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2927

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of North Dakota.

Gregory Jerome Cree, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 6, 2006

 Filed: October 11, 2006

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Before RILEY, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Gregory Cree appeals the sentence imposed by the district court1

 after he

pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to a one-count information charging him

with abusive sexual contact, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2244(a)(2), (c), 2247 and

1153. His counsel seeks to withdraw and argues in a brief filed under Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), that imposing the statutory maximum prison term

(144 months) was unreasonable.

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We enforce the broad appeal waiver included in the plea agreement: the plea

colloquy reflects that Cree understood and voluntarily accepted the terms of the plea

agreement, including the waiver; this appeal falls within the scope of the waiver, as

the sentence did not exceed the advisory Guidelines range or the statutory maximum;

and no injustice would result from enforcing the waiver. See United States v. Andis,

333 F.3d 886, 889-90 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (discussing enforceability of appeal

waiver); see also United States v. Estrada-Bahena, 201 F.3d 1070, 1071 (8th Cir.

2000) (per curiam) (enforcing appeal waiver in Anders case).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal and we grant counsel leave to withdraw.

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