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Parties Involved:
Amina Y. Hayes
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District

of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-3051

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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 Nebraska.

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Amina Y. Hayes, also known as Mimi, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: April 14, 2010 

Filed: April 15, 2010 

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Before LOKEN, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Amina Y. Hayes was charged with conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more

of cocaine base, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1), 846. Hayes

pleaded guilty in accord with a written plea agreement, broadly waiving the right to

appeal her conviction and sentence. Hayes now appeals, arguing that the district

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 imposed an unreasonable 135-month sentence. Counsel filed a brief under

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and moved to withdraw. The issue raised

on appeal falls within the scope of Hayes’s appeal waiver, the plea agreement and

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waiver were knowing and voluntary, and no miscarriage of justice results from our

decision to enforce the waiver. See United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th

Cir. 2003) (en banc). We have independently reviewed the record under Penson v.

Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), and found no nonfrivolous issue. Accordingly, we

dismiss the appeal and grant counsel leave to withdraw conditioned on counsel

advising Ms. Hayes of the applicable rehearing and certiorari procedures. 

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