United States Ninth Circuit

42-month sentence imposed following a guilty plea conviction for conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. sections 846 and 841(a)(1), is affirmed where the sentence does not fall within an exception to the waiver in his plea agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/07/2003
• Decided 06/26/2003
• Published 06/26/2003

Judges

• Before LEAVY, RYMER, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Arthur E. Ross and Elizabeth A. Fisher, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendant-appellant., Michael K. Kawahara, United States Attorney's Office, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the plaintiff-appellee.