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vi ol at i on of 21 U . S. C . § 846, cons pi r acyt o l aunderm oney , a vi ol at i on of 18 U . S. C . § 1956, and us e of acomm uni cat i ons fac i l i tyt o fac i l i t at e a fel onydrug o ffen se, a v iolati o n o f 2 1 U . S . C . § 8 4 3 . A s p art of h is plea a g ree m en t, M r. G onzal ez- G ut i err ez “ s peci fi cal l yw avi e[d] hi s r i ghtt o appea l the s ent ence he r ece i ve[d] . ” R ec. vol . I I at8. M r . G onzal ez- G ut i err ez w as s ent ence d t o a t ot al of 262 m onths ’ i m pr i s onm ent , w hi ch w as atthe l ow end of the r ecomm ended gui del i nes r ange. T he courtor der ed thatthe pr i s on t erm s foreac h of the c o n v ic tio n s ru n c o n c u rr e n tly. M r. G o n za lez-G u ti errez fil ed a ti m elyn o ti ce o f a p p ea l. O n ap p ea l, M r. G onzal ez- G ut i err ez’ s couns el has fi l ed a br i ef pur s uantt o A nder s v. C al i forni a, 3 8 6 U .S . 7 3 8 , 7 4 4 (1 9 6 7 ). C o u n se l as k s p e rm iss io n to w ith d ra w f ro m h is re p re se n tatio n o f

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