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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Weste rn Dis tri ct of M is so ur i - Kan sa s C it y

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be r 11 , 20 13 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re LOKEN, COLLO TON, and KELLY , Cir cu it Ju dg es

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Thi rp lu s Mo os e ap pe al s th e se nt en ce th at th e di st ric t co ur t im po se d up on hi s 1
gu il ty ple a to co ns pi racy to com m it arm ed ba nk rob be ry

an d a tt em

pt ed arm ed ba nk

The Hon or ab le Gary A. Fen ne r, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e W es te rn 1 Dis tri ct of M is so ur i.ro bb ery, to us e an d carr y a fir earm du rin g an d in rel at io n to a cri m e of vi ol en ce, an d

to en ga ge in carjac ki ng (Co un t 1) ; to arm ed ba nk ro bb ery an d f o r c i b l e res tra in t (Co un t 2) ; a n d to us e or di sc ha rg e of a fir earm du rin g a cri m e of vi ol en ce cau si ng
m ur de r (Co un t 5)

. Seek in g le av e to wit hd raw, Mo os e’s co un se l ha s fil ed a br ie f

un de r And ers v. Cal ifo rn ia , 38 6 U.S. 73 8 (1 96 7) , ch al le ng in g th e le ng th of th e
se nt en ce be cau se it was im po se d at th e to p of th e se nt en ci n g r a n ge ag reed up on by th e p art ie s i n t he ir Fed eral Ru le of C riminal Pro ced ur e 1 1( c)(1 )(C) pl ea ag reem en t. Mo os e ha s no t fil ed a pr o se br ie f, de sp it e be in g gr an te d two ex te ns io ns of ti m e to do

so

. He no w m ov es fo r ad di ti on al ti m e to “ am en d” hi s ap pe al

. W e de ny th e m ot io n. Mo os e was to ld th at th is co ur t wou ld gr an t no fu rth er ex te ns i o n s o f ti m e to fil e a br ie f, an d fu rth er, h e d oe s n ot sp eci fy what is su es he wou ld rai se

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As to th e ap pe al it se lf, we no te th at th e pl ea ag reem en t in th is cas e co nt ai ns a waiv er of Mo os e’s rig ht to ap pe al hi s co nv ic ti on an d se nt en ce. W e wil l en fo rce th e ap pe al waiv er, be cau se (1 ) th e arg um en t rai se d on ap pe al fal ls wit hi n th e sc op e of th e
se nt en ce-a pp eal waiv er, whi ch ap pl i es un le ss th e se nt en ce is ch al le ng ed ba se d on in effe ct iv e as si st an ce of co un se l, pr os ecu to ria l m is co nd uc t, o r il le ga li ty; (2 ) th e
reco r d r e fle ct s th at Mo os e en te red in to bo th th e waiv er an d th e pl ea ag reem en t kn owi ng ly an d vo lu nt a r i ly; an d (3 ) no m is carr ia ge of jus ti ce wou ld res ul t fro m
en fo rci ng th e waiv er. See Uni te d St at es v. And is , 33 3 F.3 d 88 6, 88 9- 92 (8 th Ci r. 20 03 ) (en ba nc ). W e ha ve in de pe nd en tl y rev ie wed th e reco rd un de r Pen so n v. Ohi o, 48 8 U.S. 75 (1 98 8) , an d fin d no no nf riv ol ou s is su es fo r ap pe al ou ts id e th e sc op e o f th e ap pe al waiv er. Acco rd in gl y , we gr an t cou ns el ’s m ot io n, d en y Mo os e’s m ot io n,
an d d is m is s t he ap pe al

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