UN ITED STATES D ISTRICT

COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF

FLOkIDA

CA SE N O .22-60123-CR-RS

UN ITED STATES O FA M ERICA,

V S.

CU RTIS SLAD E

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I:LiAAGREEMENT

TheUnited StatesAttorney'sOffkefortheSouthernDistrictofFloridaNqCthis

Office'')and CurtisSlade(hereinafterreferredtoasthe''Defendant'')enterintothe

followingagreement:

1. The Defendantagreesto plead guilty to Count2 ofthe indictm ent;wlzich

chargestheDefendantwith possession ofafirearm in furtheranceofadrug

trafficking crim e, in violadon of Title 18, United States Code, Section

92k(c)(1)(A).

2. TlnisOfficeagreestoseek dismissalofCounts1and 3oftheindictm entafter

sentencing.

TheDefendantisawarethatthesentencewillbeimposedby theCourtafter

cortsidering the advisory Federal Sentencing G uidelines and Policy

Statements (hereinafter ''Sentencing Guidelinesv). The Defendant

acknowledges and understands thatthe Courtwillcompute an advisory

sentenceundertheSentencing Guidelhwsand thattheapplicableguidelines

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willbedeterminedbytheCourtrelyinginpartontheresultsofapre-sentence

invesdgation by the Court's probation office, which investigation w ill

com m enceaftertheguiltyplea-hasbeenentered.TheDefendantisalsoaw are

that,undercertaip circurnstances,theCourtm ay departfrom the advisory

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sentencingguidelinerangethatithascom pvted,and m ay raiseorlowerthat

advisory sentenceuhdertheSentencing Guidelines.TheDefendantisfurther

aw are and understands thatthe Courtis required to corusider the advisory

guideline range determined under the Sentendng Guidelines,butis not

boundtoim poseasentencew ithinthatadvisoryrange;theCourtisperm itted

to tailortheultimatesentencein lightofotherstatutory concerns,and such

sentence m ay be either m ore severe or less severe than the Sentencing

Guidelines'advisoryrange.Knowing thesefacts,theDefendantunderstands

and àcknow ledgesthatthéCourthastheauthority to im poseany sentence

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withinanduptothestatutorymaxhnum authorizedby1aw fortheof?ezkse

identified inparagraph 1and thattheDefendantm aynotwithdraw thqplea

solelyasaresultofthesentenceim posed.

4. TheDefendantunderstandsand acknowledgesthattheCourtmustim posea

statutoryminimum term ofimprisonmentoffive(5)yearsandmayimpqsea

statutory m axim um term of im prisonm ent of up to life, follow ed by a

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maxirxulm term ofsupervisedreleaseofuptofive(5)years.TheDefendant

alsounderstandsand acknowledgésthattheCourtm ayim poseafine'ofupto

$250,000.00.

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5. The Defendantfurtherunderstandsand acknowledgesthat,in addition to

any sentence imposed under parqgraph 4 of this agreem ent,a special

assessm entin the am ountof$100 w illbe'im posed on the Defendant.The

Defendantagreesthatanyspecialassessmentimposezshallbepaidatthetime

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of sentencing. If a Defendant is financially unable to pay the special

assessm ent,theDefendantagreesto presentevidence to thisOfficeand the

Courtatthet'im eofsentencingastothereasonsfortheDefendant'sfailureto

Pay.

6. ThisOfficereservestherighttoinform theCourtand theprobation officeof

a11factsperdnenttothesentencingeprocess,includinga11relevantinform ation

concerning the offenses com mitted,whether charged or not, as w ell as

concerningtheDefendantandtheDefendant'sbackground.Subjectonlyto

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theexpresstermsofanyagreed-uponsentencingrecom m endationscontained

in this agreem ent; this

recom mendationastothequalityandquantityofpunislnm ent.

7.This Office agrees thatitwillmake a jointrecommendation with the

Defendantatsentencingtoasentencenottoexceedthem andatorym inim um

five(5)years'imprisonment,andaterm ofsupervijedreleasenottoexceed

Office further reserves the right to m ake any

yhree (3) years. This Ofice further agrees that it wil recommend at

sentencing thatthe Courtreduce by three levels the sentencing guideline

levelapplicableto theDefendant'soffense,puisuantto Section 3E1.1 ofthe

Sentencing Guidelines, based upon the D efendant's recognition .and

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affirm ative and'.dm ely acceptance ofpersonalresponsibility.How ever,this

Officewillnotberequiedtomakethisthesesentencingrecommendationts)

iftheDefendant:(1)failsorrefusesto'makefull,accurateand complete

disclosure.to the probation office of the circum stances surrounding the

relevantoffertseconduct;(2)isfound tohavemisrepresentedfactstothe

overmnentprior'to entering this plea 4greement;or (3)commits any

m isèonductafterenteringintothispleaagreem ent,includingbutnotlimited

to comm itting a state orfederaloffense,violating a'ny term ofrelease,or

makingfalsestatementsormisrepresentationstoanygovernmentalent'ityor

official.

8. TheDefendantisaw arethatthe sentencehasnotyetbeen determ ined by the

Court..The Defendant also is aw are that any estim ate of the probable

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sentencing range orsentence thattheDefendantm ay receive,whetherthat

estim ate com esfrom the Defendant'sattorney,tllisOffice,ortheprobation

office,isa predicdon,nota prom isè,and isnotbinding on thisOffice,the

probation office'orthe Court.The Defendantunderstandsfurtherthatany

recom m endadon thattlnisO fficem akestotheCourtasto sentencing,w hether

pursuanttotlzisagreem entorothezw ise,isnotbindingon theCourtand the

Court m ay disregard the recom m endation in its entirety.The Defendant

understandsandacknowledges,aspreviouslyacknowledged inparagraph3

above,thattheDefendantmaynotwithdraw ltispleabased upontheCourt's

decision notto acceptasentencing recom m endation m ade by the Defendant,

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thisOffice,orarecommendationmadejointly bytheDefendantand this

Office.

Thebefendantagrees,in an individualand anyothercapacity,toforfeitto

theUnitedStates,voluntarilyandimm ediately,anyright,title,and interestto

anypropertycortstituting,orderivedfrom,anyproceedsobtained,directlyor

indirectly,asaresultofsuch offense,and any property used,orintended to

beused,in anym annerorpart,tocom mit,ortofacilitatethecom m ission of,

such offense,pursuant to Title 21,United States Code, Section 853.In

addition,thedefendantagreestoforfeitureofsubstitutepropertypursuantto

21U.S.C.9853(p).

10.TheDefendahtfurtheragreesthatforfeitureisindependentofanyassessm ent,

fine,cost,restitution,or penalty thatm ay be im posed by the Court.The

Defendantknowinglyandvoluntarilyagreestowaivea11corustitutional,legal,

and equitàble defensesto theforfeiture,including excessivefinesunderthe

Eighth Am endment to the United States Constim tion.In addition, the

Defendantagreesto waiye;any applicabletimelim itsfor'adm inistrativeor

judicialforfeitureproceedings,therequirementsofFed.Rs.Crim.P.32.2and

43(a),andanyappealoftheforfeiture.

11.TheDefendantalso agreestofully and truthfully disclosetheexistence,nature

and location ofa11assetsin which the defendanthasorhad any director

indirectfinancialinterestorcontrol,and anyassetsinvolved intheofferuseof

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conviction.'I'he Defendantagrees to take a1lsteps requested by the United

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Statesforthe recovery ând forfeim re ofa11assetsidentified by the United

Statesassubjecttoforfeiture.Thisincludes,butisnotlimitedto,the,timely

delivery upon request ofa1lnecessary and appropriate docum entadon to

delivergood and m arketabletitle,cortsentingto a1lordersofforfeim re,and

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adm inistrativeforfeitureproceedingconcerningtheforfeiture.

12 Thtsistheendreagre'em entand understandihg between'thisOfficeand the

contesting or im pedirtg in any way with any crim inalr, civil or

Defendant.Thereware no I

other agreements,prom ises,representations,or

understandings.

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JUAN ANTONIO

GONZALEZ UNITED

STATESATTO RN EY

By: 1,-

M ES M .USTY SKI

AjSISTANTUNITEDSTATESATTORNEY

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RID OM ING UEZ

COUNSEL FO)tDEFENDANT

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