Opinion ID: 2736831
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Heading: Adams’s Sentencing

Text: On December 7, 2012, almost two years after entering his plea, Adams appeared before the district court for sentencing. At the hearing, Adams argued that he should be given a below-Guidelines sentence because of his medical issues. While the district court considered and credited the information concerning Adams’s health problems, it found that it could not ignore the “very serious criminal conduct . . . going on while those health conditions were persisting.” Adams was sentenced at the lower end of the Stipulated 1 Dr. Webber also determined that Adams had a “low risk of mortality and hence would [be] exclude[d] . . . from being listed for cardiac transplant” at that time. 5 Guidelines Range to 210 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release. At the close of the sentencing proceedings, Adams was reminded that he had waived his right to appeal a sentence within the Stipulated Guidelines Range pursuant to the Plea Agreement. Adams, nevertheless, timely appealed.