Legal Opinion
United States v. D'Marcus Mason
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 9, 2003No. 03-2482PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
D’Marcus Mason was sentenced to 135 months in prison for a drug offense, having pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement, and he filed a timely notice of appeal. Although he has not yet filed his opening brief, the government has moved to dismiss the appeal, arguing that we lack jurisdiction because Mason waived his appeal rights as part of a plea agreement. (In fact a waiver of appeal rights does not deprive us of our appellate jurisdiction, although it is a ground for dismissing the appeal.) Mason’s counsel has filed a response in which he agrees that the appeal…
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