Appeal Waiver Applies to ‘Any Sentence’ 
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Published: March 13, 2012
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Judge Allyson K. Duncan
A convicted felon pleading guilty to possession of ammunition, who waived his right to appeal “any sentence,” cannot seek to have his sentence on the firearm charge reduced in light of his assistance to the government in prosecuting an unrelated case, and the 4th Circuit dismisses this appeal of the district court’s denial of the ...
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