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No. 15-4048
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
M. Hannah Lauck, District
Judge. (3:14-cr-00114-MHL-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Earl Frank Hill, Jr., appeals his conviction and 188-month
sentence
imposed
following
his
guilty
plea
to
conspiracy
to
On
appeal,
v.
counsel
has
filed
brief
pursuant
to
Anders
well
as
the
career
offender
Sentencing
Guideline
to
used
Hill opposes
review
evaluating
the
the
issue
Cir.
by
of
an
reference
appeal
to
waiver
the
de
totality
novo,
of
the
circumstances.
(4th
validity
2013)
(internal
quotation
marks
omitted).
Plea
F.3d
162,
173
(4th
Cir.
2005)
2
quotation
marks
omitted).
waiver
Where
and
did
the
not
Government
breach
its
seeks
to
enforce
obligations
the
under
the
appeal
plea
Cir. 2012).
Hills testimony during the district courts thorough plea
colloquy
establishes
that
Hill
understood
the
appeal
waiver
waiver
permitted
Hill
unenforceable.
to
avoid
Although
significant
the
plea
additional
agreement
sentencing
the
agreement
or
its
incorporated
appeal
waiver.
that
the
government
may
encourage
guilty
plea
by
offering
pro
se
supplemental
brief
that
his
appeal
waiver
was
of
argument,
Hills
claims
regarding
the
enhancement,
circumstanceseven
though
the
defendant
may
not
know
Thornsbury,
Thus, we
appeal
waiver
encompasses
appeals
of
both
his
outside
motion
the
to
waivers
dismiss
broad
and
compass.
dismiss
We
Hills
therefore
appeal.
grant
This
the
court
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
United
States
for
further
review.
move
in
representation.
this
court
for
leave
to
withdraw
from
are
adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED