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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Sep te m be r 6, 2 01 1) Befo re EDMONDSON, PRYOR an d KRAVITC H, Circ ui t J ud ge s. PER CURI AM: Ja m es Byrn e ap pe al s h is co nv ic ti on an d s en te nc e fo r pr oduc in g c hi ld po rn og rap hy. 18 U.S.C. § 2 25 1( a). Byrn e ch al le ng es th e d en ia l o f hi s m ot io n t owit hd raw h is gu il ty ple a an d the en ha nc em en t o f hi s s en te nc e. Altho ug h t hi s

Co urt i nv it edByrn e an d t he Uni te d S ta te s t o a dd res s wh ethe r th e d is tri ctco urt h ad juri sd ic ti on to im

po se res ti tu ti on , th e p art ie s h av e n otdi sc us se d the is su e, an d ne it he r wil l we. We affirm . The di stric t co urt d idno t ab us e it s d is cret io n b y de nyin g B yrn e’s m ot io n t o wit hd raw h is gu il ty ple a. Byrn e’s pl ea ag reem en t an d t he pl ea co ll oquy est ab li sh th atByrn e was aid edby cou ns el in reac hi ng a de ci si on to pl eadgu il ty, he un de rs to odhi s co ns ti tu ti on al rig ht s, an d h e kno win gl y an d v ol un ta ril y

waiv ed th os e ri gh ts . Byrn e, who serve d m or e th an20 y ears as ade pu ty chi ef cl erkin a New Yorkco urt, ad m it te d dur in g t he pl ea co ll oquy tha t t he factua l b as is ap pe nd ed to hi s p le a ag reem en t “ accu rat el y set [] forth t he fact s” of h is cri m e. By rn e arg ue s th atth e fac tu al ba si s was rev is edbe fo re the pl ea co ll oquy and“ he was u nc le ar as to ex act ly wha t h e h adsi gn ed ,” bu t t he pa rti es rev is edon ly one pa rag rap h abo ut two “ ad di ti on al im ag es de pi ct in g [t he vi ct im ] en ga ge d i n s ex ua l ac ti vi ty,” whic h le ft u nd is tu rb edByrn e’s adm is si on s ab ou t “ en ga gi ng in sex ua l ac ti vi ty w it h [t he vi ct im ], . . . fo r th e p ur

po se of p ro du ci ng vi su al im ag es of t ha t s ex ua l ac ti vi ty” and pr oduc in g “ ov er 3 00 im ag es of c hi ldpo rn og rap hy inv ol vi ng th e m in orch il d,” in cl ud in g t wo i m ag es on whi ch Byrn e’s “ face [was ] vi si bl e as he pe rfo rm [ed ] or al se x o n [the vi ct im ]. ” Byrn e co m pl ai ns ab ou t t he hu rri edpa ce o f th e p le a co ll oquy, 2bu t t he m ag is tra te jud ge in stru ct edByrn e to st op th e p ro ceed in gs an y ti m e th at th ere was “ so m ethi ng th at[he ] [d id ] no t u nd ers ta nd ” o r if he “ ne ed [ed ] to . . . co ns ul t wi th [hi s] att orne y .” Byrn e fai le d t o p ro vi de any “ fai r an d ju streas on for reque st in g” to withd raw h is gu il ty ple a. Fed . R. Cri m . P. 11 (d )(2 )(B) . Byrn e arg ue s t ha t the di stric t co urt i nc orrect ly app li edth ree e nh an cem en ts to hi s s en te nc e, bu t the se arg um en ts are b arre d b y th e ap pe al waiv er i n B yrn e’s pl ea ag reem en t. The pl ea ag reem en t p ro vi de d t ha t Byrne wai ve d t he rig htto ap pe al hi s s en te nc e “ un le ss th e se nt en ce ex ceed [ed ] th e m ax im um pe rm it te d b y st atut e o r [was ] th e res ul t o f anup wardde pa rtu re fro m th e g ui de li ne ran ge th atth e [d is tri ct ] [c]ou rt e st ab li sh e[d ] atsen te nc in g,” an d B yrn e twi ce ac kn owl ed ge d t ho se li m it at io ns du rin g t he pl ea co ll oquy. Byrn e kno win gl y an d v ol un ta ril y

waiv edth e rig htto ap pe al hi s s en te nc e. See Un it edSta te s v . W eav er, 2 75 F.3d13 20 , 13 33 (1 1t h C ir. 2 00 1) . W e AFFIRM th e d en ia l o f Byrn e’s m ot io n t o wi th dr aw hi s g ui lt y pl ea.

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